I'm sorry if this has been posted before, I didn't see anything in a search....
I have recently started riding a XC hardtail (I usually ride DH) and have noticed that while riding my hands will fall asleep (I used to have the same problem when I had a road bike).
The bike seems to fit just fine, padded gloves don't seem to help.....the only seem that seems to help is constantly moving my hands around.
Looking at the bike (see pic) the seat is quite a bit higher than the bars (like a road bike). I have to assume that having the seat that high and the bars that low is shifting my weight forward, directly onto my hands, and causing the problem.
I can't raise the bars more, and if I lowered the seat I feel like I would lose all of my pedaling power (not to mention the performance of the bike would suffer).
Ideas?
I have recently started riding a XC hardtail (I usually ride DH) and have noticed that while riding my hands will fall asleep (I used to have the same problem when I had a road bike).
The bike seems to fit just fine, padded gloves don't seem to help.....the only seem that seems to help is constantly moving my hands around.
Looking at the bike (see pic) the seat is quite a bit higher than the bars (like a road bike). I have to assume that having the seat that high and the bars that low is shifting my weight forward, directly onto my hands, and causing the problem.
I can't raise the bars more, and if I lowered the seat I feel like I would lose all of my pedaling power (not to mention the performance of the bike would suffer).
Ideas?