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I normally ride fat grips but was on a bike with thin ones at the weekend.
The next day I had sore wrists. Soreness went away , back on fat grips yesterday and sore wrists again.
Do ergo grips make much of a difference? Are you happy going fast off road with them? Do they just replicate the position of swept back bars?
What seems to be the best?
Personally I only ever ride with Odi longnecks, not the lock-on variety. I've tried lock-ons when they first came out & several times since.
They don't give the same kind of cushioning. I've also tried the ESI grips, & ergo ones, nothing I've found to be as good.
If your wrists are hurting, check your position you might be putting pressure where you shouldn't.
Finally I've used a powerball which helps build up grip & wrist strength which might help.
Early on used to get sore wrists, tried ergo grips and then found they were lethal for any rough stuff downhill. Ones I had were the type with flat bit to rest the palm on. One big jolt and the hand slips forward.
Dangerous. Binned them immediately and went to normal grips.
Also, I've shifted levers up. Since then had no aches and it's a better position for off road riding anyway.
I had some of those big chunky Ergo grips for years but moved away from them. They encouraged me to hold them in a lazy way, hand in extension (ie back of hand bending back toward me) putting too much pressure into the heel of my hand and into my wrist.
I think the Ergo grips are fine if you're say touring, but for anything more dynamic like trail riding they're restrictive.
I hold my grips more toward my fingers than heel of hands now and try to keep hand and wrist aligned.
Strengthen your wrists, grip training, see bodyweight fitness wrist warm ups, etc, but might take a year for your tendons to get used to it.
As other have hinted, the likely cause of your wrist soreness is probably due to your control positions, specifically the brake levers.
I used to get really bad sore wrists after a long day of DH, but then I dropped my brake levers down so they were at a steeper angle (more inline with my forearms in my 'descent' position) and it 80-90% cured the issue the next time I went riding!
Also make sure your brake levers don't pull back too close to the bars as this can increase stress on the wrist too.
I use ergon grips on all my bikes. Stopped my wrist pain and very useful for reducing fatique on marathon riding/events. Never had any grip issues at all even when hammering down Potato Alley in the Peaks.
The latin in the thread title showed promise, disappointingly scarce in the thread itself. 🙂
I went through a phase of getting wrist pain, which, in retrospect was probably more due to a lack of general conditioning meaning that I was relying on hands and wrist too much to support my position on the bike , rather than my core, which meant all kinds of weird overgripping rather than a relaxed grip.
Ergon grips certainly eased the problem by supporting the hand/wrist in the short term, but getting fitter dealt with it properly.
They are good for palm comfort I'd say not wrist. I have them on my adventure bike, but only really like them with high sweep bars.
Fitted my 17 degree bars and all seems well.
I have them on both My mtbs, I can’t ride any distance without them.
i don’t find them a hindrance off road, although, at age 49 on a full suss bike, im not quite as brave as i used to be.
The new Ergon grips are ace. They are more subtle than the old style ones which I didn't like. It helped me when I started getting sore hands at the end of last year. I thought it was arthritis and was really struggling with it. I put on the Ergon grips and it disappeared pretty much instantly. I´m not sure about wrists becase I've not had that problem and never get sore wrists or much arm pump anyway.
My guides are all riding the REV grips. They really like them. They rotate slightly and have an elastomer inside which shock absorbs. They say its helping a lot and not causing any issues. They all ride pretty well / hard and aren't reporting anything negative in the control of the bike. They come in different thicknesses. I've not tried them because the Ergon are great and my hands don't hurt!
Hope that helps.
We can you get the Rev grips in the UK?
I fitted the Ergon grips over 2 years ago and never looked back! Very comfy, solid grip and support. Wrist pain eliminated.
And they were tested on Dunkery Beacon descent on fully rigid 29er - I overtook my friend riding 100mm hard tail (it doesn't matter he had old school 26er with v-brakes, does it?)! 😉