picking up a heavy bike!

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Re: picking up a heavy bike!

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Tramp wrote:Strange eh Tyrant how we always drop the bikes on the easy bits unlike the ruts which were we should fall over..

once had mine we over nearly upside down on a ice rut on the "plain" in january..never slipped so much in my life. Ended up dragging the beast round to get a better angle, before I learnt to ride in company :whistle: ..

And short legs do make a difference :laugh: :laugh:
Yeah riding in company means you can always get a mate to help then eh Russ ;)
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Yep gotta agree Cozmo...that picture sums it up in one ..

sure I found a "little fishy " the other day...and my boots still stink :whistle:
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Yep he likes a lay down!

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picking up a heavy bike!

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Tramp wrote:Yep gotta agree Cozmo...that picture sums it up in one ..

sure I found a "little fishy " the other day...and my boots still stink :whistle:
Oh you're boots have dried out already, mine are still dripping I had that much water in them LOL :-)
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Re: picking up a heavy bike!

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Long story short whilst camping in Ireland last week my alarmed disc lock decided to malfunction at 1.30am so I took out the batteries and locked it again, of course the advantage with an alarm is you can`t forget to remove it before you ride off so you can guess what I did next day :laugh: :whistle: :silly: :S after looking at the three foot long furrow the front wheel had ploughed in the grass and my bike on it`s side decided to pick it up, with my back to the bike and holding the handlebar and grab rail, easy :P
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Re: picking up a heavy bike!

Post by fullerton »

wots his problem, if the bars are still in one piece, put the bike in gear and face the bike and with both hands on the bar lift through the legs, with a bit of practice you can lift any bike
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