Sore wrists

[Blue_Fedora]

Is it perhaps your gloves? I had quite a bit of wrist problems (including intermittent numbness) until I switched to a totally different pair of gloves and surprisingly enough the problems disappeared 100%.

The gloves I bought are the Spenco Ironman T.2 Elite and LOVE them Shop around... lots of good deals on the internet. I'm about to buy a second pair just cuz I want a different color.

[marni]

this is one of the reasons that I ride in aerobars- I have several severed nerves in my hand plus the various pressure and pain problems from riding so I move my hands around a lot, even when I'm cruising in the aerobars- ( the usual caveat applies, I ride solo or with one other person and am never in the aerobars if there is traffic, other riders, narrow road etc.) I ride in Pearl Izumi gloves wiith extra gel padding which I swear by, along with soaking my hands in ice water when I finish riding if they are hurting.

marni

[Road Viexn]

Blue do the pad on those gloves come right up to the base of the thumb. The gloves I have now don't and I am getting small blisters and caluse build up there. I have been in the market for a new glove.

[Catrin]

Oh, I saw some Serfas gloves at the LBS that looked very comfortable. Didn't get them though since I'm happy with my new mountain bike gloves.

And the Bellweather gloves I mentioned a couple of posts back are padded in that there is more than one layer of the 'leather,' but I meant they don't have the traditional road bike pads since they are for mountain biking.

Hmmm, the Bellweather gloves sound interesting. While my PI Gel Vents are a little small for my hands, I think the pads aren't helping much... just have to decide what size. I can't seem to find a sizing chart for these gloves but haven't had much of a chance to look. Can't beat the price!

[OakLeaf]

Well, gloves should correlate to foot size.

Only if you wear your gloves on your feet?


- Oak, women's small gloves (and they have to be women's, because of the thumb placement), and size 10-1/2 E shoes.

[AMP]

I'm such a newbie, I've only been back into cycling for 4 months. Yesterday, riding with my husband, we passed several riders stopped under a shady tree, drinking water and laughing. Hmmm, at the next shady spot, we stopped and had a drink. I stretched the kink in my neck, I rotated my wrists, twisted my back around.
When we got back on our bikes, I felt so much better. In fact, when we finished our ride (about 30 miles rolling hills), I was tired, but not in pain.
I think when we started riding again, we felt we couldn't or shouldn't stop ever. Now, I know that I will probably take a short break when I start to get sore or stiff, relax, shake it off, and then move on.

[nscrbug]

I'm such a newbie, I've only been back into cycling for 4 months. Yesterday, riding with my husband, we passed several riders stopped under a shady tree, drinking water and laughing. Hmmm, at the next shady spot, we stopped and had a drink. I stretched the kink in my neck, I rotated my wrists, twisted my back around.
When we got back on our bikes, I felt so much better. In fact, when we finished our ride (about 30 miles rolling hills), I was tired, but not in pain.
I think when we started riding again, we felt we couldn't or shouldn't stop ever. Now, I know that I will probably take a short break when I start to get sore or stiff, relax, shake it off, and then move on.

I've been riding for 3 years, and we (DH and I) always stop and take a quick break (no more than 10 minutes otherwise my knees stiffen up) on our rides. I have a messed up back, along with wrist/hand/finger issues...so I absolutely have to stop and stretch things out a bit, every 30-40 miles.

[Blue_Fedora]

Blue do the pad on those gloves come right up to the base of the thumb. The gloves I have now don't and I am getting small blisters and caluse build up there. I have been in the market for a new glove.

I am at work right now but will check when I get home and post back.

[Blue_Fedora]

RoadVixen... I checked my gloves and the padding is only in the palm of the hand. It does not come up into the webbing between the thumb and palm.

Not sure if that helps, but there ya go!

[Road Viexn]

Dang, I need some gloves that come up to the webbing. That seems to be where I am develpoing a good calus because my gloves don't go that high with padding.

[JennK13]

I would also check the width of your bars. I have a wrist....."deformity"......my ulna goes into my hand higher than normal people and causes a wierd angle at my hands. I have issues on longer rides with the wider, flat bars on my commuter as i have no way to compensate for the width of the bars. I find that i need a more narrow spread with my bars. I'm alright with my x bike and its drop bars. If you have more narrow shoulders and wider bars that can put a strain on your wrists - you dont have to be deformed like me