Timeline for Is adjusting the angle of a drop handlebar a viable way to reduce wrist pain?
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| May 25, 2020 at 20:02 | vote | accept | Sam7919 | ||
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| May 25, 2020 at 11:44 | comment | added | Carel | One of the advantages of a drop bar is that it allows many hand positions.. So it's a good idea to vary your grip frequently to avoid wrist, back and shoulder problems. | |
| May 24, 2020 at 23:26 | comment | added | Nathan Knutson | If it's useful for cheating the wind and sprinting that's fine. When you said you're 95/5 between the hoods and the flats I took that to mean the drops aren't useful to you currently. | |
| May 24, 2020 at 22:44 | comment | added | Sam7919 | @VladimirF I see that I have much to learn. I was keeping the drops for sprinting, but given how poorly my calf muscles are dissipating lactic acid, it seemed that that was hardly imminent. | |
| May 24, 2020 at 22:26 | comment | added | Vladimir F Героям слава | @Sam I travel much slower, but still I do use drops. Drops are for riders of all abilities. One can be more aero when holding the top of the hoods, but it is hard to keep that position, drops are more relaxing. Even at 25 km/h aero is important, especially in some wind. One does not have to be a racer. | |
| May 24, 2020 at 20:52 | comment | added | Sam7919 | I haven't at all given up on the drops. I feel the necessity for that position only when I feel the wind is a serious obstacle. Since I have yet to pedal at a cadence of around 90 with the large (50-tooth) chainring and any of the three smallest cogwheels (12 smallest), my flat speed of about 35-40 kph does not warrant the drops, and so I'm settling for holding the hoods 95% of the time, and the tops 5% of the time for stretching. I'm hoping I can eliminate pain in both the lower back and the wrists while shuffling between these two positions. | |
| May 24, 2020 at 19:44 | comment | added | Nathan Knutson | @Sam If you've given up on the drops being usable then you can do anything you want as long you can still get a good grip for braking and also maintain fast access to that grip position. But consider why you're giving up on the drops. If the hoods are the most aggressive position one can presently tolerate, it often makes sense to change the fit so that the bars are higher and/or closer, with the intent of moving the drop position into the useful range, and increasing the overall useful range of positions the bars offer. | |
| May 24, 2020 at 18:58 | comment | added | Sam7919 | I'm settling into a distribution of holding the hoods 95% of the time, the tops 5% of the time (just to stretch occasionally), and use neither the drops nor the hooks. So basically my question is whether seeking a good angle (I already raised it, as in the picture) will necessarily involve a compromise, or whether something else needs to be changed, such as the frame itself. I think you're saying "yes, a compromise is necessary regardless of everything else"; is that right? | |
| May 24, 2020 at 17:16 | history | answered | Nathan Knutson | CC BY-SA 4.0 |