Does everyone just tough it out or is there a secret that everyone is keeping from me?
Any tip on how to stop fingers from being destroyed by brake bumps after a park day?
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by Tough_Course9431
Does everyone just tough it out or is there a secret that everyone is keeping from me?
Any tip on how to stop fingers from being destroyed by brake bumps after a park day?
byu/Tough_Course9431 inMTB
by Tough_Course9431
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Cue the “Your Mom helped me with my finger fatigue” jokes…
Get a couple of these: https://prohands.net/
and then do this: https://youtube.com/shorts/aS8wwOc0MI8
Ride better trails? I live in Revelstoke and one of the biggest reasons I don’t often ride our bike park is because it hurts my hands too much. The flow trails are too steep and as a result are full of braking bumps. I go to a better bike park and I have no problem riding all day.
Do you mean your braking fingers? Have you tried adjusting the throw of the lever? I like mine right in the crease of my a$$.
No seriously though, right in the crease of the first knuckle of my finger. You get the best leverage there, helps with fatigue.
Relax your grip when the trail allows (long straights with not many obstacles). Brake harder before the berm and try to easy out the lever during the corner.
Have a relaxed and loose grip on the handlebars. Getting a bigger grip might also help.
My fingers used to hurt but I just did 12 days of Whistler in a row without any hurt. I did however develop trigger finger so my hands were a bit overused I guess.
The only solution I’ve found is to ride park often enough you get used to it. I’ve also chased thicker softer grips – odi rogue. Maybe that helps but I’m not sure.
Ride faster and float over them. ^^^/s
I don’t have a secret. I’ve been riding a lot of park this year and still haven’t gotten used to it. I ride tech mostly trails to get a break from brake bumps, which are more commonplace on flow trails.
A friend suggests Rev Grips but I haven’t tried them yet. I did switch back to my Chromag Palmskins which helped after trying Ergon grips for a couple months.
You gotta try different grips, comfortable grips are different for everyone since we all got different sized hands
Here is my opinion on the matter: Have you ever seen MX rider going over the humps at high speed? all their weight is on their legs and their arms are free to move, riding like this or the “hinge” technique as [Joy of Bike](https://youtu.be/9EHarryxahU?si=FbkL6znvhXj4lOVW&t=121) says in their video. Now those guys claim that hinge is a miracle technique and it solve all the problems which is probably false.
Nothing is gospel and each person rides differently but when going in a strain line over technical terrain or messed up turns that you bike can handle the bumps of with no input form you I find this helps a lot.
Basically this has helped me a lot and I see a lot of people going down trails just locked din the ready position and letting the fork do all the work, it’s not universal and don’t let anyone tell you ‘THIS IS THE ONE THING YOU NEED TO KNOW’ that’s bullshit but I hope this helps
Also check if you can improve your suspension settings – rebound speed affects the inpact of braking bumps
By far the biggest thing for me was adjusting the brake lever angle on the bars. You might need a different angle at a downhill park than at local trails
Dont brake and your hands will be fine. So short hard braking and coast rverything else.