Re: [ST] lifting handle-my mistake

[Neil Lindsey <NeilLindsey@xxxxxxx>]

IMHO the Sprint is one of the easier bikes to lift onto the centrestand

The trick with all centrestands, as I'm sure many/most of you know, is
to STEP DOWN on the stand with your right foot as you lift (wherever)
all in one coordinated move -- basically you let all your body weight
bear down on the stand and lift very little

When using the hinged handle, I always used to rest my hand/arm against
my right leg and was able to get even more leverage (so the fact that
the hinged handle was lower actually helped make this easier to do, for
me anyway)

And while on the topic of centrestands, I always 'bump' the bike forward
off the stand while stradddling/sitting on the bike, never while
standing to the side -- it takes a bit more time, but too many bad
things can happen otherwise

Chilli Dawg

(it's hovering down around freezing outside)


- ----- Original Message -----
From: "Andrew F. Kay, Jr. " <captainquack@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <ST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: February 8, 2005 5:10 PM
Subject: RE: [ST] lifting handle-my mistake


> STeve, the replacement handle is about 3 inches lower than the
original
> placement and make a real chore of raising the bike onto the center
> stand.   Be careful what you wish for.
>
> "If wishes were horses, beggars would ride"  Anonymous. A Long Time
Ago
>
> "Wish in one hand and poop in the other, then see which fills up
first."
> Chuck Gerzanic's Mom, 1971
>
> Andrew F. Kay, Jr.
> Riders of the Lost Empire, LC,  13355 79th Street, Fellsmere, FL 32948
> www.lostempire.com   andy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> "Sound, sound the clarion, fill the fife, throughout the sensual world
> proclaim, one crowded hour of glorious life is worth an age without a
> name." Thomas Osbert Mordaunt, 1730-1809
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-st@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:owner-st@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
> STeve Duncan
>
> My second Sprint, the redhead, did not come with panniers and does not
> have any type lift handle, I just have to grab
> the subframe.  It's a bitch too.
>
>
> eL Donut
> jinete en la tormenta
>
>
>
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