If you aren’t messing up your wheels, my understanding is that “cowgirl” style is fine.
If you lean the bike WAY over with all your weight on one pedal, maybe you’ll need to true your wheels more often? Good wheels (in the context of this list) probably can handle it with overhead to spare. Cheap wheels go out of true anyway, so there’s no real control for the experiment. Now I want to try the “flying cowboy,” instead of just straddling the bike and pushing off with the left pedal, which a eems pretty style-less. I do sometimes do the “gentleman’s step-off” on the fixed-gear, where the bike doesn’t stop, and you go from riding to walking seamlessly. It seems like the bike has to lean just as much for that maneuver, and I’ve never had problems. Philip Santa Rosa, CA On Tue, Jan 26, 2021 at 2:38 PM Roberta <rchas...@gmail.com> wrote: > " As far as getting on/off bikes I have always used the "cowgirl" method: > left foot on left pedal, push off with right foot and swing my leg over > while in motion. " > > Linda, > > That is the way I get on and I never knew I was doing it "wrong" either. > Nowadays, though, I get a bit more nervous about falling if I don't get the > speed and balance just right when mounting. I'm getting a mixte (not a > step thru)--a Platypus. It will be easier to tilt the bike and go over the > top tube than what I sometimes do now--tip the bike to over an even higher > top tube. > > Roberta > > On > >> As far as getting on/off bikes I have always used the "cowgirl" >> method: left foot on left pedal, push off with right foot and swing my leg >> over while in motion. I have never had the flexibility to swing my leg over >> a diamond-frame bike with my left foot on the ground. I had no idea until >> recently that my mounting method is "wrong" because it puts sideways stress >> on the frame. I have a true mixte frame, Velo Orange, and can just barely >> step over. That frame has the traditional double "top tube" and there's too >> much flex if I'm carrying a load or riding on gravel. Rivendell has the >> right idea with a single "top tube" >> Linda >> > <all kinds of snipped stuff NOT about mounting a bike> >> You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the > Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/rbw-owners-bunch/vA47Guyb6pQ/unsubscribe > . > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, 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/4198a68e-a92e-4bbd-bee1-344982bbf842n%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/4198a68e-a92e-4bbd-bee1-344982bbf842n%40googlegroups.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/CADKFHMrsFfavqykikpkKjPLvvgrzVE88hLBFCKQ3qvac9_0m5g%40mail.gmail.com.
