not resolvedOkay, background, a few years back I shattered my elbow riding cycle speedway (well... trying to ride cycle speedway and failing). Ever since then there's something about the position on drops that creates a pain down the right hand side of my right hand (and if I ride on drops every day moves further up the arm as time goes by).
It's definitely riding with drop bars, but strangely not on the drops, which I don't use much - I tend to stick to the hoods.
I thought it was the narrowness of drops, so for the >X< I got a 48cm wide set of Nitto Noodles. They've got a slight sweep back on the tops as well, which makes them really comfortable. I figured the width would mean the hand position on the hoods would be similar to the moustache bars on the Kaff (which have NEVER given me an issue). But no, this morning my hand issue has resurfaced after riding to work on the >X<.
Should I just give in and get some moustache bars for the >X< as well and to hell with how they look (although I do actually quite like the look, but the >X< is more a 'racer' than the Kaff being a 'tourer')? Or is there another drop option I haven't considered?
I should mention as well that when riding the position on the hoods really doesn't feel uncomfortable. And I'm not too bothered about losing the ability to get down on the drops.
Sod it, I think I'm answering my own question here and might just get some moustaches...
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