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Bad news.
I tried to do it yesterday and dropped it in my garage
Had to get my next door neighbor to come over and help me pick it up.
Can you get PTSD from dropping your bike too many times?

Flipper wrote:Bad news.
I tried to do it yesterday and dropped it in my garage
Had to get my next door neighbor to come over and help me pick it up.
Can you get PTSD from dropping your bike too many times?

I'm sorry to hear that.

You should get some practice(both putting it up and putting it down) in with someone watching you. Once you get the knack for it, it will become very easy.

Flipper wrote:Bad news.
I tried to do it yesterday and dropped it in my garage
Had to get my next door neighbor to come over and help me pick it up.
Can you get PTSD from dropping your bike too many times?

I hear you and sympathise.
I watched the demos posted and agree the bike is not flat on the ground. I have serious problems lifting my small sports bike. I'm only 108 pounds - and I very much doubt I could pick any bike except a bicycle up from the ground. That technique using your back looks good, Id like to learn that. Here in Japan it is not taught and you cannot enrol to learn to ride a bike that is heavier than you can lift from the ground. So.. very few women here and some men are automatically disqualified from taking bike licenses on larger bikes.

It's not a strength issue as much as it is balancing the bike. I have the wife straighten the bike while I push on the rear stand. I might try the board trick if the wife ever leaves me but she does a good job so why risk a tip over. Sorry to hear about you dropping the bike Flipper. It's definitely a 2 man (or woman) job IMO. That's what she said ha hah!

Gunslinger wrote:It's not a strength issue as much as it is balancing the bike. I have the wife straighten the bike while I push on the rear stand. I might try the board trick if the wife ever leaves me but she does a good job so why risk a tip over. Sorry to hear about you dropping the bike Flipper. It's definitely a 2 man (or woman) job IMO. That's what she said ha hah!

Once again, it is a strength issue and you have just proved that point. Or rather it is a combination of strength and technique. If you have the strength, no technique is needed. If you have almost no strength, a lot of technique is required.

In the case you stated above, if one has the strength, one would have no problem balancing the bike with his left hand while pushing down on the lever with his right. Most people do not have the strength to casually balance the bike with one hand while simultaneously pushing down on the lever with the other hand. That is where technique comes into play. The caveat is, if something does go amiss, at that point, technique is not going to help you. Strength may prevent the bike from toppling over but technique will not.

That is why if one lacks the strength, one needs to practice many times with someone standing by to assist in the case of a snafu.