ONE OF MY DUMBER IDEAS
I BUILT UP A NEW GRAVEL BIKE, I love it except for one giant problem. How could this be happening and what can I do? At first, I thought it was a result of...
... my daily commitment to pull ups.
May my fingers have gotten thicker,
since their strength has increased.
Which means it's not that my gloves are tighter, that's not what's causing...
... major finger and hand numbness.
The numbness issues were noticeable on pavement,
and multiplied by a million on the rough stuff.
It all came to head on the final fast and rocky downhill at last Saturday's gravel race.
I had to slow down.
I hate slowing down.
What the heck was causing all the pain?
Well, duh!
I had double-wrapped bar tape on my previous gravel bike,
plus small gel pads in between the two layers.
Yesterday I went ahead and wrapped another layer of tape on the bars.
What a difference!
Numbness gone.
Pain gone.
The gel pads arrive tomorrow.
I'll unwrap the top layer...
- insert the pads
- and wrap 'em up
- for a more challenging test
... on some local singletrack and dirt.
For the record, it was a really dumb idea on my part not double-wrapping to start with...
... all in the name of being lighter and more aero.
Ain't nothing slower than pain...
... and nothing faster than comfort, control and confidence.
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