I've been dealing with an annoying RSI/ergonomic injury for the last year+. I'm glad there are all sorts of oddball touch point products available. Most people don't need them and can ignore them, but when you need something different to keep you on the bike it's great that companies are designing and making out of the box products that offer something different than the mainstream.
I've mostly been experimenting with bar shape and position relative to the saddle, but I can see how Fasst Flexx bars or Rev Grips could be a game changer for someone with elbow/hand issues.
I've got a setup my body seems to be reasonably happy with now, but having turned 50 and wanting to continue to ride hard on challenging trails for a long time to come I'm not fooling myself into thinking this will be the last time I'll be poking around at the margins of the MTB industry looking for a solution to a health problem!
Aug. 22, 2019, 6:22 a.m. - Vik Banerjee
I've been dealing with an annoying RSI/ergonomic injury for the last year+. I'm glad there are all sorts of oddball touch point products available. Most people don't need them and can ignore them, but when you need something different to keep you on the bike it's great that companies are designing and making out of the box products that offer something different than the mainstream. I've mostly been experimenting with bar shape and position relative to the saddle, but I can see how Fasst Flexx bars or Rev Grips could be a game changer for someone with elbow/hand issues. I've got a setup my body seems to be reasonably happy with now, but having turned 50 and wanting to continue to ride hard on challenging trails for a long time to come I'm not fooling myself into thinking this will be the last time I'll be poking around at the margins of the MTB industry looking for a solution to a health problem!