Bikeerg - arms/hands falling asleep

[Jerome]

Hi All,

I know there's a dedicated Bike-section, but that doesn't seem to get much traffic, so I'll cheekily drop my question here..

As the subject says:
During longer rides, say 45 minutes upwards, my hands/fingers/lower arms fall asleep.
This is uncomfortable, but furthermore, I can't imagine it being good health-wise.

Do any of you also have this problem?
And more importantly, any suggestions on how to fix this?

Thanks!

[gvcormac]

Do you have handlebars as high and as far back as they will go?

I wish they went higher for cruising, but I can get them high enough that I can type two-handed on my laptop.

There are many positions you can put your hands in. Switching up may help.

Unfortunately you can't invert the drop handles to be raised, unless you file down a pin. Probably not a big deal, but I've been hesistant to do that. It is easy to remove the handelbars and see what I mean.

[Spinal]

The most likely cause is the handle bar too low/far away.... play about with reach and height of the bars. Saddle too high can also exacerbate the issue.

[johnlvs2run]

During longer rides, say 45 minutes upwards, my hands/fingers/lower arms fall asleep.
This is uncomfortable, but furthermore, I can't imagine it being good health-wise.
Do any of you also have this problem?
And more importantly, any suggestions on how to fix this?

Upon first getting the Bikerg, my fingers would go numb, which turned out to be from the generator buzz.
This was confirmed shortly after by C2 Ben, as the buzz would disappear when the monitor was unplugged.
C2's only solution since was to send another generator with someone tape on the side, which made no difference.

Personally I wrapped the bar with old bicycle tire innertube, then several layers of regular bicycle tape.
Also I used my own bar with forearm pads, and alternated between hands on bars and forearms on pads.
It's an issue that never goes away, and/or doesn't exist according to Trevor at C2.

[Jerome]

Thanks all. I’ve tinkered with several different ergonomics settings, and I suspect that the handle bar is too low and too far away for me, forcing my weight forward. Unfortunately, it’s as high and close as it could be, so no further adjusting possible.

Interesting about the generator, I’ll give it a try and unplug it. See what happens.