free mounting the coker

Turn your torso in the direction of the intended turn, look where you
want to go, then time your turn with the downstroke of the pedal on the
side that you want to turn towards.

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Bigger cranks increase your maneuverability A LOT. I started RAGBRAI
this year on 102mm cranks and had them switched out for 140mm cranks
after the first day. After that, I could do 180s no problem and also
found that I could idle the "beast" almost effortlessly.

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Mikefule said:

... time your turn with the downstroke of the pedal on the side that you
want to turn towards.

Did I read that right? Time it with the downstroke of the left pedal
if I'm turning left, etc?

That's a revelation to me because I've always thought it made sense to
bring the outside leg/pedal around on its downstroke. I am continually
unstable in turns; this is likely a major factor, (and probably
explains why my legs sometimes touch the wheel!). I will experiment
with using the inside stroke to drive the turn and see how it goes.
Thanks!

btw thanks also to Rubix for bringing this up, and to Terry for posting
the mounting vids which have helped me. 😄 😄

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Got my Nimbus 36 a couple of days ago and agree that the rolling start
is the way to go. Terry's video was a huge help.

Marty

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I find for static mounts that it helps if I do a hop or two, then sit
down and get going. Seems to help me gain stability before attempting
to ride.

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Thanks guys check out my newest 36er mounting vid! The "Pull up mount"
might turn out to be the easist yet!:p

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I always do a static mount on my coker because I find it the easiest way
to get on. I think rolling mounts are probably more energy efficient,
but I'm hopeless at those and the static mount works nearly every time
as long as I'm not too tired. It's probably helped by me being quite
tall (6'2"ish), but I don't find it that much harder to mount than a
29er - you do need to give it a good shove to get it going though -
helps if you mount with a hand on the saddle to give yourself some
leverage for that first pedal stroke. I use 150mm cranks - the shorter
you go the less practical I would imagine a static mount being, just
because of the effort involved to get the wheel rolling.

Rob

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Joseppi said:

After that, I could do 180s no problem and also found that I could idle
the "beast" almost effortlessly.

probably still wouldnt want to try anything crazy like SIF hopping
*looks at knee in pain*

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