Gloves and hand pain?

[slofox]

Smallish, newish gloves make ya hands ache like buggery.
Get a bigger pair.
heaps more comfy

Wot 'e said - get a bigger pair.

[Patch]

try altering the angle of the bars as well

[Harvd]

I got a pair of winter gloves. felt good when just putting them on but like you said after 5 minutes my hand begun to ache arond my thumb. went back got the size up and fixed no problems.

[steve_t]

When you take off your gloves, do you have "the claw"? A sure sign your gloves are too small

[Kendog]

Am I too late for the HTFU post?

If I am I will add my vote for Icebreaker gloves, they are really good.

[F5 Dave]

Try using some of Mals gloves (if they are any bigger). My dirt gloves used to give me grief & sore knuckles so perhaps if the thumb was too short it might do similar.

[erik]

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My pain is at the base of my thumb and the top of my hand and ive had it for 6+ years. The "grap" movement is especially sore. Once the pain starts up my hand seizes up. Sucks when you're racing!
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Is the brake lever positioned low enough? Pain in the top of the hand makes me think it could be from trying to bend your hand backwards like when you twist the throttle or move your fingers up to grab the brake. A lower lever might help and making sure the throttle cable and tube are moving as freely as possible (ie properly lubed/routed). If you use a mouse, see if it's using the same muscle action, maybe a different mouse would help. You can get some wierd shaped joystick type mouses that could be an option - I think they're horrible to use, but my mum with arthritis uses one.

[vifferman]

I would like some winter gloves that have insulation only on the back of the hand and fingers. My current 'winter' gloves are not really winter gloves at all - just waterproof. The lining gives a wee bit extra insulation, which is almost enough when used with the heated grips. Only my fingertips get cold.

[Quasievil]

I would like some winter gloves that have insulation only on the back of the hand and fingers.

mmmmmmmmmm interesting concept

[Jaxi]

Sounds like you've had a bit if investigation into this, but just thought I'd mention I had something similar for ages, at the top of the palm, just at the base of the fingers hurt like hell with any pressure.

Turned out to be tennis elbow (go figure!) and after a couple of weeks of cooling with frozen peas and applied pressure on a particular spot of the elbow, months of pain all but disappeared...

Winter gloves are a bit rubbish though, end up too tight with no feeling just to keep your hands warm, the seams are a bastard too!!

[vifferman]

mmmmmmmmmm interesting concept

Y'think?
Talk to most bikers about gloves, and a common beef is that they don't like thick gloves. In all except the more extremes of cold weather, all that is required is some insulation on the 'outside' and maybe the fingertips. I suspect the backs of our hands get colder because all the musculature (and therefore most of the blood vessels (heating conduits?) are on the inside.

[sinfull]

mmmmmmmmmm interesting concept

It is ! I bought myself a pair of Katmandu (wet suit material) Inners and wear them on the inside of my pig skin summers !
Makes them a bit tight (you know how big the mits are lol) but that combo is still warmer than my $180 macna winter (so called) gloves !
In summer it's all about breathing but in winter i wouldn't mind if my thumb sweats
Ya palm up to the first knuckle never cops it so that area is a waste of space for insul.

Bugger it, i been saying i'll get me some heated grips for 2 winters now lol think i might just do it ..... tommorrow

[Flip]

Got old fitter hands myself.

I just use heated handlebars and light weight gloves for all but the coldest days.

[Mystic13]

I'm with the others on going up a glove size. Also getting the right fit. I've found some gloves have shorter fingers than the others putting pressure on the ends of the fingers.

I had winter gloves once but never found any that were much cop.

I've switched to wearing rain-off over gloves over my summer gloves. No issues at all, dry, warm and happy. www.rain-off.com here in Titirangi. Rode to Taupo Friday night and around Taupo it was 2 degrees.

Did the Rusty last year and coming through the Desert Road with it sleeting and a snow-cone building up on the front screen still no issues. My toes were starting to get a little cold though.

I was told Carpal thingy as well but reality is if it only happens with one glove then it's the glove.

[Mystic13]

I suffer from cellular degeneration in my hands and feet known as Reynauds Syndrome. Both sets of extremities freeze in any temp below body heat and when significant vibration is present. You will all appreciate that this syndrome prevents me from using a vibrator other than in the bath.

Seriously though. It is a serious pain in the hands and feet and I have tried all manner of glove combo, heated grips, sock warmers, hand-warmers; you name them. Recently I invested $150 in a set of gloves/socks known as Prolotex.

They are supposed to be impregnated with some silica-type stuff which, according to the makers, radiates long-wave infrared into ones hands and feet.

Mercifully, I don't suffer smelly feet so I have worn the socks for three days and nights and the gloves as often as possible, including during the night.

I bought them, primarily, to maintain some level of comfort while standing in freezing rivers, (in waders) trout-fishing. Today my feet lasted for about three hours before becoming totally numb, despite wearing the flash socks, a pair of dry-suit booties, plus the wader boots.

So I'm a bit pissed off with the socks. And frankly, the gloves don't seem to provide much relief.

This type of extremty-discomfort is just that when fishing, but when it gets serious enough, while riding, it ups your danger level considerably, because more and more of your focus goes on the discomfort and less on riding safely.

I'm running out of ideas on how to keep my hands and feet warm.

BTW. I use Bob Charles Deer velvet plus their antiflam.

The freezing of the extremities is easy to fix and I've helped a fair few people do that. Standing in cold water for a few hours perhaps is not the ideal thing to do but many sports have there sacrifices. I teach this stuff to sports people, clients who get cold feet and hands, and I use the reverse for people who have nose bleeds.

PM me if you're interested in sorting it.