[Kenny Mc]

I just did my first ultra long ride on my new Fairlight Strael – it was Ride to the Sun, both ways (Edinburgh – Carlisle – Edinburgh: 325km). The bike is advertised as an endurance bike, so is the right bike for this sort of thing, but I had *really* sore hands during and after the event, and am looking for suggestions to avoid the problem in the future. My instinct is to go for bar tape with more padding and better gloves as the ones I wore are a few years old. My tyres were probably too firm too. Is there anything else i should look at? Any other common causes that people have identified? Any tips for long, long rides?

My hands were on shifter hoods most of the time, and the major discomfort was in my ring fingers and pinkies – I had some mild pins and needles in one finger for a day or two afterwards. So changing position more regularly would be another good idea, but it’s easy to forget to do this.

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[Terry Hutt]

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