A lifting handle would definitely be a benefit and I had wished for one. How the weight contributed to riding pleasure was when I had to dismount and lift it over a chain across the trail entrance (it holds a gate closed so larger vehicles can't gain access, or if I had to park it in a rack. So, yes, much of the impact was when I was off the bike, although mounting/dismounting is more unwieldy as well. I do miss my youthful days of just swinging the leg over the back tire while moving...! I am searching my neural database for actual issues when in motion and I think it has to do with not being or at least feeling, nimble.
On Thursday, August 16, 2018 at 2:04:52 PM UTC-7, LeRoy wrote: > > I may have missed something obvious, but it didn't seem that your issues > with the bike's weight involved dissatisfaction with the actual riding. The > issue seemed to rear it's head when it came to physically lifting the bike > up a set of porch steps. Forgive me if I've misunderstood the root of the > weight issue, but I wonder it the matter might be solved with something > like the "lift handle" built into one of the Rosco Bubbe models (called the > Bubbe Lifter Tube)? > > Lifting a bike can be unwieldy, all the more so when you have to grab it > up high on the frame (poor leverage position + poor front-to-rear load > balance), then lift and carry while trying to keep the fork and front wheel > pointed in the right direction. For most people, lifting with an > ergonomically positioned "handle" at a low, balanced point on the frame is > much easier: Stand on the left side, lift with the right hand, stabilize > the front wheel with the left hand on the bars. > > Might there be some sort of add-on lifting handle or device that makes > this part of the job easier for you? > > LeRoy > > > On Thursday, August 16, 2018 at 2:56:35 PM UTC-4, Kiley Demond wrote: > >> >> ... My pimped Cheviot was* heavy.* Getting it up the three steps to my >> front porch wasn't easy. >> >> >> -- 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 https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
