Timeline for Is adjusting the angle of a drop handlebar a viable way to reduce wrist pain?
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| Nov 22, 2023 at 15:17 | history | edited | Sam7919 |
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| May 27, 2020 at 10:59 | comment | added | Andy P | Not an answer to the question exactly, but work on your core strength. This will help with lower back issues and reduce the amount of weight you are supporting through the hands. | |
| May 27, 2020 at 6:06 | history | edited | Sam7919 | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| May 27, 2020 at 5:54 | answer | added | Sam7919 | timeline score: 0 | |
| May 26, 2020 at 21:10 | answer | added | Weiwen Ng | timeline score: 3 | |
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| May 25, 2020 at 19:24 | comment | added | Willeke♦ | The solution that works is a bit much for most, recumbent bikes. No weight on the hands and any position is acceptable. (And in some cases you hardly hold your bars.) | |
| May 25, 2020 at 19:22 | comment | added | Sam7919 | @ChrisH This is a great idea. This extra degree of freedom (raising, instead of or in addition to tilting, the handlebar) may be the just-right solution. | |
| May 25, 2020 at 19:03 | comment | added | Chris H | An adjustable stem is also easy to iterate and would allow you to play with the height and reach as well, which I think might help | |
| May 25, 2020 at 9:09 | comment | added | Vladimir F Героям слава | @Sam once the tape is undone you can iterate. Some limited adjustment is possible even with the tape on. | |
| May 25, 2020 at 3:00 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackBicycles/status/1264753067695759360 | ||
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| May 24, 2020 at 22:48 | comment | added | Sam7919 | @VladimirF Just making sure I understand correctly: rotating the handlebars takes 1-2 minutes. Changing the hood position requires taking off/reassembling the tape, which I'm guessing would take one hour. The former is easy to do while iterating. For the latter I'd much rather know ahead of time the right position (without iterating). | |
| May 24, 2020 at 22:22 | comment | added | Vladimir F Героям слава | When you rotate the handlebars it of course also changes the angle of the hoods. You want to hold the hoods comfortably and for that you mainly want to change the hood position on the handlebar. Or at least when you change one you must be prepared to also change the other. | |
| May 24, 2020 at 20:43 | history | edited | Sam7919 | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| May 24, 2020 at 20:27 | comment | added | ojs | At the moment, the third/last photo shows a handlebar stem and some kind of scale. It is very difficult to guess what your position is. | |
| May 24, 2020 at 20:25 | comment | added | Sam7919 | @AndrewHenle I wish I took a picture of my own hands (it's tricky though, tripod, timer, etc). My own current (painful to the wrists, but not the lower back) position is considerably higher (as you can see from the third/last picture). | |
| May 24, 2020 at 20:19 | comment | added | ojs | @Sam please look at the first search hit for "stackoverflow attribution guidelines": stackoverflow.blog/2009/06/25/attribution-required. I understand that bicycles.stackexchange is different and copyright does not apply here, but from context it seems that the photo is somehow related to your question when it really isn't. | |
| May 24, 2020 at 20:16 | comment | added | ojs | @Sam if you want the bars higher, but levers at lower angle, it is likely that your bars are too low. Raising them might help. A simple search for "custom road bike frame" finds many, many builders. | |
| May 24, 2020 at 20:13 | comment | added | ojs | @AndrewHenle that photo is taken from the "four other positions" blog post without attribution. I assume it's not the OP. | |
| May 24, 2020 at 20:09 | comment | added | Andrew Henle | @Sam Your forearms in the picture you posted are closer to parallel with the ground than most professional riders, which leads me to think you're reaching too far out in front to get to the bars. That would seem to agree with your assessment that the frame is too large for you, but a 53.5 frame for someone 5'11" tall being too large seems strange. Do you have relatively long legs and/or short arms? How far back is your saddle set? Could you add a full side view of your bike? | |
| May 24, 2020 at 18:02 | comment | added | Sam7919 | @ojs Fascinating that custom-made frames are available. I assume any competent welder can assemble a few tubes, but that would make for a clumsy (=heavy) frame. Judging by their websites, the major manufacturers are not into this, at any price point. Can you provide a hint? | |
| May 24, 2020 at 18:01 | comment | added | Sam7919 | @ojs I was thinking that the frame may be too large, not too small, for me. If I lower the angle of the dropbar my wrists are happy; if I raise the angle my back is happy; hence, I was wondering, perhaps a smaller frame may make both happy in a middle angle. | |
| May 24, 2020 at 17:56 | history | edited | Sam7919 | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| May 24, 2020 at 17:32 | comment | added | ojs | Regarding frame size, I am 3 cm taller than you and a 57 cm frame fits kind of ok, but I have a custom made 55cm frame with extra long top tube and it is perfect. If anything, 53.5 cm might be too small. And having a custom frame made is not that difficult, it just costs money. | |
| May 24, 2020 at 17:16 | answer | added | Nathan Knutson | timeline score: 10 | |
| May 24, 2020 at 16:33 | history | asked | Sam7919 | CC BY-SA 4.0 |