(05-25-2020, 11:55 AM)Lee Wrote: 350 Chevy headers?...eye for detail.
Although the big grips are all the rage at our shop, they are not for everybody.
Thanks to years of accidental injury in martial arts and skiing, I run plenty of arthritis in my hands and especially the base of my thumb - skier's thumb. My thumb/wrist doesn't tolerate a lot of palmar abduction - the motion necessary to wrap a big grip, so I like the thinner grip that I keep wedged at the base of my thumb with My 4th and 5th fingers lightly wrapped around the top of the grip (leaving index and usually middle finger to brake duty). That's a pretty relaxed and natural position that's hard to shake loose.
In the end everyone with arthritis will have slightly different pattern. If one's in it for the long miles, then never a bad idea to catch up with a sports medicine-oriented physical therapist to review hand, knee, foot, and body position in action. If they don't want to see you on your bike, find someone else...
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