> Sorry to hear of the problems, Ian. You might do better with ProGrip 714
> Enduro grips, which are much more comfortable than the OEM ones, or any
> others I've used. Not having seen the Grip Puppies, I'd be suspicious of
wide-
> diameter squashy over-grips that could stretch your hand open yet require
a
> firm hold for control. The 714s are the business; hand-friendly and grippy
and
> just the right shape and size.
Good advice, thanks. Your description of the grip puppies is spot on.
>
> As to lever angle; I always set mine at just above a straight line from
arm
> through to fingertips, with your palm on the grips. That way, as you apply
> pressure, they align in a straight pull for the tendons in your wrist.
>
I'll be getting the files and Allen keys out later!
> Your comments on the Elefant being better suggest your problem might be
> more to do with posture and loading on your hands, with the resultant
> vibration of road shocks being fed into your sensitive wrists. You'd need
to
> raise the 'bars on the ST a lot to reduce that.
Can you get Captain America style cowhorns to fit with a comfort fairing?
:-)
IanE
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