Leah, With the front wheel removed and the bike hanging from the rear wheel, there'll be plenty of room. (Also, bags need to be removed from the bike, though.) Here's a photo of my Rawland rSogn heading to D2R2 in Vermont. The bike has an end-to-end length of 67" with both wheels on. On the return trip, I was told that I didn't need to take the front wheel off, and that also fit. So, your 55 Platy with a 74" length will fit just fine hanging by the rear wheel with the front wheel off. No crew member will measure your bike.
Bob E Cranford, NJ [image: unnamed.jpg] On Wednesday, June 12, 2024 at 10:47:12 AM UTC-4 Bicycle Belle Ding Ding! wrote: > Ok. I’m going home after work to practice and then lay in bed all night > agonizing over it. > Sent from my iPhone > > On Jun 12, 2024, at 9:26 AM, Brian Forsee <bmfo...@gmail.com> wrote: > > You can also use your knee under the saddle and push raise the bike up > with one leg while having both hands on the bars. One hand on saddle one on > bars works well also. > > > Brian > > On Tuesday, June 11, 2024 at 8:47:05 PM UTC-5 Lucky wrote: > >> Whoa whoa whoa! The saddle is not IN my pants ma’am! >> My waistband functions like a handle kinda. Best if wearing jeans. >> Otherwise just use my abdomen to help push the bike up. >> I knew this would read poorly LOL! >> >> On Jun 11, 2024, at 18:40, Leah Peterson <jonasa...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> I was with you until the saddle was in my pants! What?!? >> >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> On Jun 11, 2024, at 9:24 PM, lucky...@gmail.com wrote: >> >> >> This is how I do it, Leah. Grab the brake levers, stand kind of behind >> it, pull the front wheel up and then release the rear brake lever just >> enough that the back end can roll forward until the bike is getting >> vertical. Stop that action when you’re about to catch the fender on the >> ground. Squat down and catch the waistband of your pants under the seat and >> stand up using your abdomen/pant waistband to lift the whole bike up. >> >> On Jun 11, 2024, at 18:20, Leah Peterson <jonasa...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Ok, ok, I gotcha…and pinching the fenders would make me ill. This is >> such a good idea. So one Irish strap or a Voile strap should do the trick? >> But how, pray tell, does one even get their bike to stand vertical?! I lift >> it overhead every day to hang it on the top of my D’vinci rack, but I’ve >> never done vertical. Will the train guy help? >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> On Jun 11, 2024, at 9:06 PM, Collin A <collinm...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Here it is! It gives just enough clearance to fully lift the rear wheel >> and fender off the ground. >> <Joe Amtrak.jpg> >> >> >> Collin, back in Berkeley >> >> On Tuesday, June 11, 2024 at 4:26:40 PM UTC-7 Bicycle Belle Ding Ding! >> wrote: >> >>> Oh yes, please send that photo! 🙏 >>> Sent from my iPhone >>> >>> On Jun 11, 2024, at 7:22 PM, Collin A <collinm...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> I take my 51 Joe Appaloosa on the west coast Amtrak a couple times a >>> week. I’m not sure about the wheelbase differences with a 55 Platy, but no >>> one on Amtrak is there with a tape measure checking lengths before you hop >>> on. >>> >>> >>> The bike is objectively “too long” to fit perfectly on the bike racks. The >>> “hack” to actually get the bike mounted off the ground and not off kilter >>> is to tie an Irish strap to the upper railing and use that to joist the >>> bike up a couple inches. This also saves the fenders from getting pinched. >>> >>> I’ll get a photo when I hop off the train today. >>> Collin “2 hour working commuter” in Dixon at this moment >>> >>> On Monday, June 10, 2024 at 11:31:26 AM UTC-7 Bicycle Belle Ding Ding! >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi! Quick question. I was looking at Amtrak and I know my 55 Platy is >>>> too long - it’s like 74” and the max for Amtrak is 70”. However, if you >>>> are >>>> rolling the bike on board, are they really very strict? I ask because it >>>> would be great to ride the train home from New Buffalo back to Kzoo after >>>> the wrap-up of my tour on Saturday. I have never ridden Amtrak, so I don’t >>>> know what the setup is inside the train cars. >>>> >>>> If anyone has successfully wheeled a longwheelbaser onto Amtrak, let me >>>> know. >>>> >>>> Yes, yes, I know this is what my little purple pocket Platy is for, but >>>> that bike would not be my choice for a 106 mile road ride. 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