If the stairs ain't too steep... I give a tug on my chinstrap, sit way back behind the saddle on top of my Carradice, grab both brakes and gently thump down a stair at a time... :)
... but usually I do the seat tube grab method... to me that just feels like the most central place to grab and hoist. BB On Thursday, June 4, 2015 at 8:36:45 AM UTC-4, Leslie wrote: > > So, I used to head from the workshop/basement out through the garage w/o > having to take the steps; and the others' bikes are hanging in the garage > anyway, so when we're going out through the garage to get theirs, there > aren't stairs involved. > > But a lot of the time, I'm riding solo w/o the others, and I'd left the > water-bottles in the kitchen, and my helmet in the hall, so... I end up > taking the bike up the stairs and out the front door. Or I arrive home, > garage door is closed and I don't have an opener w/ me, so the bike comes > in the front door and gets parked in the hall for a bit... at that point, > I'm taking it down the stairs instead of out and around to the garage > door.... so, yeah, I end up taking the bike up and down the stairs more > often than I thought I ever would. > > But with the way the stairs are narrow (well, maybe not 'narrow', but, > certainly not wide, and, they're not 'open', you have walls on both sides), > and with the way the overhead ceiling is at the bottom landing, I really > couldn't shoulder a bike or carry it. SO, I simply stand near the back > wheel (behind the cranks, so I don't catch a pedal w/ my shin), hands on > the handlebar, and roll it up, or down, the stairs.... > > I like the idea of the grab-handle at the bottle cages, but, I don't have > a handle there, and I manage it as-is, so.... yeah, I just roll it.... > > FWIW.... > > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
