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The reality....whatever feels comfortable.
I use multiple hand positions while on the hoods. Sometimes I have my hands wrapped around the hoods, sometimes I have my palms resting against the bulge on the top of my Shimano shifters and sometimes I have my hands wrapped around the bulge on the top of the Shimano shifters.
However, I actually spend the vast majority of the time in my drops.
If your hoods are slightly angled down try playing with their position. Try leveling them or angle them slightly up...this seems to help a lot with numb or sore hands. Worst case scenario...use all the different positions your bars provide and move positions every 5 minutes or so. This way your hands get lots of different pressure points and it changes all the time. So alternate from your hoods to your drops to your bar tops, etc...
I use multiple hand positions while on the hoods. Sometimes I have my hands wrapped around the hoods, sometimes I have my palms resting against the bulge on the top of my Shimano shifters and sometimes I have my hands wrapped around the bulge on the top of the Shimano shifters.
However, I actually spend the vast majority of the time in my drops.
If your hoods are slightly angled down try playing with their position. Try leveling them or angle them slightly up...this seems to help a lot with numb or sore hands. Worst case scenario...use all the different positions your bars provide and move positions every 5 minutes or so. This way your hands get lots of different pressure points and it changes all the time. So alternate from your hoods to your drops to your bar tops, etc...