I often do grab by the seat tube [when force of habit can be over-ridden], but if the panniers are well loaded my hand gets driven into the triangle between the seat-stays and the seat-tube. Maybe I should just pad that area.
On Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 9:10 AM, William <tapebu...@gmail.com> wrote: > What I do for BART steps > > Bombadil--Grab it by the undertube (parallel 2TT) > Hilsen, Davidson, and Hillborne--Grab the seattube, but I hook my > thumb into the top loopy part of the King Cage. That give me just a > little bit of extra grip so the tube doesn't slide through my grasp. > > On Apr 12, 4:44 am, Steve Palincsar <palin...@his.com> wrote: > > On Mon, 2011-04-11 at 13:16 -0700, Rex Kerr wrote: > > > Not trying to hijack the thread, but it looks like you already have > > > your answer... anybody know of a similar idea for lifting a bike with > > > a frame pump? I'm accustomed to lifting my commuting/touring bike by > > > grabbing the top tube just in front of the seat tube if I need to move > > > it a small amount (like rotate it to get through a door at work). > > > Ever since I put a frame pump on the peg it prevents me from doing > > > that, and if I do it out of habit without thinking the pump pops off > > > and I flail around trying to move the bike. > > > > Grab it by the seat tube. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
