sorehands.org

About

This is for the people
who actually do things.

SORE HANDS is the community for people whose hands hurt. Because they used them.

The story

Started in a garage.

SORE HANDS started in a garage. Race bike on a Husqvarna mat. Vendetta livery. Dirt-bike wheels mounted on the wall. Trophies on the shelf. Cookie Monster in the corner. Real life. Real kit. No staging.

The idea came from Stu. Tom's brother. The one whose idea this actually was. Stu spends his weekends elbow-deep in Mk1 and Mk2 Golfs, a green Mini that keeps demanding more, and the kind of garage projects that mean digging up a concrete floor to lay underfloor heating and sinking the bolts for a two-post lift. Different builds. Same hands. Same signal.

Tom races rally raid for Vendetta Racing. Desert events that shake your hands so hard you can't grip a coffee cup the next morning. After every race, the same realization the brothers had been talking about for years. The people who actually do things were scattered. Racers. Mechanics. Climbers. Hockey players. Builders. Paddlers. No place to find each other. Nowhere to share what cost them their grip strength that week.

So we made one. SORE HANDS. Two brothers. Two garages. One signal. Putting your hands to good use.

The garage

Where it lives.

Tom on the start podium at night with race officials beside him under a palm-tree-themed venue
Tom on the start podium.
Race bike with full Vendetta Racing livery under the team tent at an event
Vendetta Racing. Full livery. Race day.
Home garage with dirt-bike wheels mounted on the wall, trophies and Cookie Monster on the shelf, race bike on a Husqvarna mat
The garage that started this. Real life, real kit, real cookies.
Holographic SORE HANDS sticker close-up. The brand mark in foil.
The mark itself. Foil. Built to be seen.

The principles

Hands tell the truth.

  • 01

    IF YOUR HANDS DON'T HURT, YOU DIDN'T DO IT.

  • 02

    SHARE THE STRUGGLE. SHARE THE STOKE.

  • 03

    NO SPECTATORS.

  • 04

    ALL ACTIVITIES. ANY DISCIPLINE. ONE SIGNAL.

What's next

The feed's coming.

We're launching the feed soon. Racing community first, then growing into every discipline that costs you skin. Founding 1000 is still open. Badge for life. Early access. Permanent shop discount.

Hands hurt? Good. That's the point.