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#21 Unread post by ofblong »

SilentComposer wrote:There is two steps behind my apartment that I could put the bikes and they would be out of sight and off the street. Plus right next to my back door. So ramp ideas? Two steps is all I am dealing with. I could almost get it down without it... But like you guys said ground clearance. Plus getting back up wouldn't be all that fun.
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#22 Unread post by mazer »

My buddies up in Tahoe had to clear the snow from their huge deck, they devised a ramp, made of plywood the same width as the tires with some pieces of wood nailed crossways so it looks like a ladder they had no trouble moving the blower up and down 10 steps on a weekely sometimes daily basis.
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#23 Unread post by shane-o »

another thing ya could do is ask a neighbor who has off street parking or a front yard if you could agist ya steads there for a small weekly fee?





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#24 Unread post by radak5osu »

It would start to be a pain to ride them up onto the porch all the time, but a ramp could work pretty well, and it gets to be a pain to put the cover on all the time, too, but that's essential I'd say. Also if you can do it get a heavy chain and lock them to something immovable (light post, car) or even lock them to each other. It's possible to pick up one bike and put it in a van but 2 would be a lot harder. I lock mine to the front of my car. Someone could definitely get to it but it'd be a huge pain and they'd be carrying around the front bumper of my car too :D
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