Pins and needles

[Garlick]

I ride most nights between 5-10 miles for general fitness on my MTB fitted with road tyres.

About half way through my ride I get pins and needles in my hands, and need to remove a hand from the bar for a moment to get some feeling back. I do have the seat nice and high, and have adjusted the bars to see if that solves the issue but no luck so far.

I just wondered if anyone else has this? Do I need to get a higher set of bars (I don't really want to) or does this show that my current bars are simply not up to the job ergonomically?

BTW, I do wear bike gloves when I ride too.

[Garlick]

Gloves and grips are cheaper than new bars, so

Come to think of it, my grips are pretty shapeless, thin items.

[Garlick]

hondafanatic said:

Or possibly you have other health issues and riding your bike is just the quickest way they are shown?

I thought I just had crap handlebars!