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Why do my hands hurt when I ride?
If you experience pain in the hand when riding your bike, especially if your ride a flat bar bike, then you are not alone. Your hands take a lot of the weight of your body on a bike, along with your sit bones on the saddle & your feet on the pedals. Leaning your body weight on your hands when they are gripping, and are at an angle to reach your brake & gear levers can not only fatigue your hands and wrists but it can cause nerve entrapment.
Nerve entrapment in the hands can feel like tingling fingers, tingling in the palms and pain or tingling feelings up the arm to the elbow. Eventually this can cause numbness in the hands or fingers; particularly the little and ring fingers. This effects your ability to grip the handlebar and operate your brakes or gears, making it an unsafe experience on your bike!
Ergon grips address this issue through simple ergonomics, they provide flat bar handlebar grips with a wide platform to rest the palm of your hand on while gripping, reducing the angle at which your hand rests. By reducing the severity of the angle that the wrist is positioned in when riding, entrapment of the nerve is released. A less severe angle reduces pain in the wrist and the wide hand platform makes a more comfortable gripping surface.
In addition to providing an ergonomically comfortable surface for the hands to rest on and to grip, Ergon grips in the GP2 & GP3 models have a mini-bar end to provide an alternative hand position when riding. Changing hand positions throughout the ride is an excellent way to reduce hand fatigue and pain, and for flat bar bikes this is an excellent solution.
