I’ve seen people try to do it your way Roberta, it looks cool but kind of awkward.
On Sat, Mar 28, 2020 at 9:47 AM Steve Palincsar <palin...@his.com> wrote: > A big part of that problem is your starting-off style. If instead of > trying to do a "cowboy mount" you stood with both feet on the ground > straddling the frame (I leave it to your own devices how best to get into > that position) raised one pedal to just past top dead center and then > transfered your weight, stepping onto the raised pedal, all you'd have to > do when the bike was rolling was sit yourself down and put the off-side > foot onto its pedal. > > > On 3/28/20 10:32 AM, Roberta wrote: > > "Unfortunately the step through is really step over." > > The first time I tried the mixte She Devil, my left foot was on the pedal, I > pushed off with my right foot and rather than swinging my leg over the saddle > (a big reason I wanted a mixte is to not have to do that) while in motion, I > tried putting it over the top tube. I nearly fell over as my foot caught the > top of the sloping top bar. > > That is why I now call mixtes "trip throughs." > > Roberta > > > -- > Steve Palincsar > Alexandria, Virginia > USA > > -- > 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 view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/32cacd63-215c-f47f-67b5-2bf11678babc%40his.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/32cacd63-215c-f47f-67b5-2bf11678babc%40his.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/CAO8j99DJUdmrfNvC5XRBrMETrFPma5EfqoN4rFRLCoZ0OuuA9Q%40mail.gmail.com.
