Tall Bike Mount/Dismount

[yoothgeye]

Shot a quick video of how I mount/dismount my tall bike. Enjoy.

http://youtu.be/By5E00tl4U0

Reminder of my 2 step system:

 

[user 135]

Nice and smooth.

 

[yoothgeye]

Nice and smooth.

Yes it is, glad that translated to video, though you can see on the second mount how easy it would be to loop this bike out, a little too much lean and I lifted the front tire, much higher and it doesn't come back, scary thing is, you hardly feel it when it lifts.

Anybody who musters up the nerve to try this bike immediately loves it and wants one of their own. I've had a 5th grader and 6th grader ride it with parent's permission and safety equipment, I ran beside them to spot since they I didn't teach them the mount/dismount I just held the bike for their rides. Anyone who loves bikes has to try one of these at some point.

 

[SCHWINNRAY69]

Sweet! :mrgreen: Slick mount and dismount

 

[yoothgeye]

Sweet! :mrgreen: Slick mount and dismount

You wanna try it?

 

[outskirtscustoms]

Man that's awesome, I need one of those for spotting bikes over fences around here. :lol:

 

[yoothgeye]

Man that's awesome, I need one of those for spotting bikes over fences around here. :lol:

It may sound funny, but you can really do that easily, I ride past "mysterious" privacy fences all the time to see what they are trying to hide, the view you get from this bike is above what you would get from the seat of most modestly lifted fullsize 4x4s, infact I look down on the seats of all stock fullsize 4x4s.

This one, as I have mentioned before, has a propensity to lift the front end (see video) so riding the rough back alleys to look for the good stuff is a little sketchy, so the tall bike we are working on now, we just started 2 nights ago, bottom frame is a men's MTB frame with the rear triangle off of a full suspension bike attached at the dropouts (like so many people have done on here) and we were getting ready to add supports and weld when I suggested we add a shock and suspend this bike, so it will be full "comfort" suspension. This should be nice since most tall bike riding takes place in the saddle and some bumps are pretty painful when you are solidly planted. This is definitely the way to go for a tall alley cruiser, long and plush.