Pins and needles in hands

corblimey

I've noticed that recently, around the hour mark of a spin, I start to get pins and needles in my hands. I believe it's down to the fact that I'm leaning unnecessarily on my hands when cycling, ie all my weight is on them and they fall asleep only to wake up when I move them. If that's the case, I'm kinda hoping that it will pass as I adjust my cycling position or I'll htfu a little and it won't cause as much of a problem.

Anyone else suffer from this at the start (I've been cycling about a month) or worse still get it a year or 10 years on? Any tips?

sweetswing

corblimey wrote: »

I've noticed that recently, around the hour mark of a spin, I start to get pins and needles in my hands. I believe it's down to the fact that I'm leaning unnecessarily on my hands when cycling, ie all my weight is on them and they fall asleep only to wake up when I move them. If that's the case, I'm kinda hoping that it will pass as I adjust my cycling position or I'll htfu a little and it won't cause as much of a problem.

Anyone else suffer from this at the start (I've been cycling about a month) or worse still get it a year or 10 years on? Any tips?

this used to happen to me aswell, im only cycling a few months more than yourself, i found that if you change your hand position often it wont happen so much, also when i started i was very rigid on the bike(straight arms gripping the bars tight) i am much more relaxed now so the vibrations from the road are iorned out more, i believe gloves help to .

penexpers

Do you have gel gloves or mitts? I used a non-gel pair of mitts on a long cycle and I got terrible pins and needles. Switched to gel and it was all fine

Other than that, make sure your arms are bent. Having your arm straight means all the weight ends up on the hands.

corblimey

I have these gloves but judging from the price I paid, I doubt they're gel padded, any way of telling? Any recommends on gel padded gloves? I can get these in the lbs tomorrow if they're any good.

I have noticed that my arms are very straight, but that appears to be more down to my seated position, so if I can learn to lean forward a little the arm bending should come naturally. Hopefully that will come with time, but the gloves might help.

coastwatch

corblimey wrote: »

I've noticed that recently, around the hour mark of a spin, I start to get pins and needles in my hands. I believe it's down to the fact that I'm leaning unnecessarily on my hands when cycling, ie all my weight is on them and they fall asleep only to wake up when I move them. If that's the case, I'm kinda hoping that it will pass as I adjust my cycling position or I'll htfu a little and it won't cause as much of a problem.

Anyone else suffer from this at the start (I've been cycling about a month) or worse still get it a year or 10 years on? Any tips?

I had that when I switched from a hybrid to a road bike. Had pins and needles and numb wrists for a few days after a 3-4 hour spin. I'm sure it was caused as you've found by bike position, too much weight on the hands. I flipped the stem to give a more upright position and the problem went away.

DirkVoodoo

No pins and needles, but I recommend decent gloves!

Found a small bump on my palm, where my middle finger joins my hand. My sister told me it is from the handlebars and it's scar tissue from tendon damage or something like that. And it's there to stay

penexpers

corblimey wrote: »

I have these gloves but judging from the price I paid, I doubt they're gel padded, any way of telling? Any recommends on gel padded gloves? I can get these in the lbs tomorrow if they're any good.

I have noticed that my arms are very straight, but that appears to be more down to my seated position, so if I can learn to lean forward a little the arm bending should come naturally. Hopefully that will come with time, but the gloves might help.

Heh. Those BBB gloves are exactly the ones that I was using when I got pins and needles. They are definitely not gel padded. I have some Endura padded ones now and they are fine - those Altura ones should do the trick as well.

It usually doesn't take much to make allow your arms to bend but it will make a huge difference. A bit part of it too (as mentioned above) is to try and relax on the bike.

papac

What they said.

Stretching your hamstrings will help to get your arms bent and get you more aero and relaxed.

Also as you get fitter and stronger and pedal harder the weight comes off your hands. So as you say-HTFU.:)

Signal_ rabbit

Is it only one hand or both hands. The pins and needles could be from wearing a watch. When bending the wrist for long periods the strap cuts down the circulation slightly.

jwshooter

from your wrist to the palm of your hand the major blood vessels and tendons are found pressure will stop blood causing pins/needles .
possible your to far away form the tops ,even turning your bars clockwise can help ,move the saddle forward can help.

i heard sean kelly talking about this ,he said to move your hands about and dont grip to tight .

corblimey

jwshooter wrote: »

possible your to far away form the tops ,even turning your bars clockwise can help ,move the saddle forward can help.

What do you mean by 'turning your bars clockwise'?

jwshooter

corblimey wrote: »

What do you mean by 'turning your bars clockwise'?

bring the leavers back to you a little ,so you dont stretch so much

corblimey

Holy crap, I didn't know you could rotate the handlebars towards and away from you! I've done a small adjustment now so that my arms are naturally bent when holding onto the hoods, so we'll see on my next spin if that's made a diff. Cheers, jwshooter.