On 04/26/2016 04:25 PM, Daniel D. wrote:
Sometimes stepping over my top tube feels like a chore. Not very
often, usually at the end of a long ride or just when I'm carrying a
lot of stuff. When I test rode a clementine after a sam and clem I
didn't notice any greater convenience mounting or dismounting. But it
wasn't a long or heavily laden ride. So looking for thoughts from
people that were on the fence like me kinda intrigued but hesitant and
took the plunge.
I never "step over" a top tube. I have half a dozen bikes, one of which
has no top tube; I mount them all the same, and "step over" doesn't
describe it at all. I stand near the back of the bike, lift my leg a
bit and roll/pull/shove the bike back so that when I put my leg down I'm
straddling it. There's very little knee bend involved. I don't even
step over the top tube of a tandem (I swing my leg over the front, over
the handlebars).
The bike with no top tube looks a bit like this:
Even with my AM (much earlier model than this current one) it's still
more convenient to do the leg lift/bike shove maneuver than it is to
face the frame and literally step over the tubing. It's kind of funny,
because Alex Moulton, the designer of the AM, hated top tubes and when
he set out to re-engineer and improve the safety bicycle, getting rid of
the top tube was one of the most important objectives. Even so, I mount
this design exactly the same as I do my level top tube bikes.
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