I suffer from numb hands, not sure if its from being a tad larger bloke and with my weight forward it was causing the problem, i noticed if i slightly sit up the numbness disappears....ive just bought some sram lock on grips so i shall see how they go.
My EX1 shifter has broken after 40 miles of use!! Had to pay out for a new one fitting which was relatively cheap but the fact is its 40 miles old, I'm the same as you being a heavier rider on an 8 speed is a little to much, i shall be upgrading when something goes wrong again the the 11 speed...
Ive got the Commencal meta power race, and let me tell you its class. Doesn't miss a beat!! Depending where your based you can have a blast on mine (I'm west yorks)
I did 21 mile on Sat at Dolby Forrest and my batt was just about dead. Did the majority of my ride in eco. I've no idea what the levels are set at via the app. If you lower the levels that may give more battery too
Its deffo something rubbing, poss the gloves on my grips, i have been suffering with my hands going numb but i think that's from putting too much pressure on the handlebars, I'm pretty new again into biking so as you could imagine I'm tensing up a lot, need to relax more.
Went on a 21 mile ride test at Dolby Forrest, 2/3 of the way round i started to struggle with palm pains, felt like the grips were rubbing, i must have been about 2 miles shy of getting blisters, I'm using some fox gloves on death grips. Any ideas if it is more the gloves or the grips????