Pins & Needles in left hand

[71notout]

Guys,

when I got back from hols, I bought a new pair of cycling gloves from Edinburgh Bicycle as my old ones had pretty much disintegrated.

I have worn them a few times now, but for the last 11 days I have had pins and needles intermittently in my 2 smallest fingers on my left hand.

Reading around it looks like this could be related to Ulnar nerve? I got it checked out by the doc on Mon and he didn't seem overly concerned.

Have any of you guys experienced anything similar?

I was wondering if ergonomic grips would make a difference?

Cheers,
Steven

P.S. Bike is a Ridgeback Velocity - commute into Edinburgh 9.5 miles ea/way but only twice 2 weeks ago and twice this week. Haven't done any further cycling at nights in the last 2 weeks.

[Kermit power]

I had something similar, although in my case it was on both hands, and it was thumbs rather than fingers. I changed from padded to unpadded gloves, and I've not had a problem since.

[Master Mischief]

Unpadded gloves and ergon grips work for me. The pain is caused by the ??????? nerve in your palm. Read the ergon sales pitch for more info...

[Marcellus]

if the only thing you've changed is the gloves then why not find the same gloves as the ones you've replaced?

[71notout]

They were 12 year old Edinburgh Bicycle gloves which do not exist any more.

To be honest, I did have intermittent tingling, just not as bad, but I think I am gonna get the Ergon GC2s as I have also been wanting bar ends for a while now.

Cheers

[Master Mischief]

I have the GX jobbies with bar ends and really like them. They are a cut away version but still retain the function.

They took several adjustments to get right and a little while to get used to the tiny bar ends but now they are ace.

If you look at the gear side of the bike then I found the grips better a twisted a bit more anti clockwise and the bar ends a bit more clockwise then my initial guess.

CRC were the cheapest that I could find at the time.