Mountain Biking - random question about roof racks

i walked by a car today with a roof rack, with 2 bikes on top, and it came to me ... how do people get their bikes up there?

do you guys use a chair or a stool or something?

... or maybe i'm just short.

I use trials techniques and ride it up.

i lift mine... erm... yeah that's about it... :)

i lift it onto the roof and then open the door and stand just inside it to to tighten everything up... simple...

I drop from the roof of my garage . . . :D

okay. thanks.

this worthless thread can be deleted now.

i'm definitely short.

i don't know why the question even came to mind now. i guess the thought of someone small lifting a 40 lb bike up and into the rack seemed difficult, but i guess not.

I'm 5'7" and I can get my bikes up onto our xB pretty easy, but I have to open the front door and step up on the sill.

I'll be serious for a moment. My Yeti is 41+ lbs, but I'm 6'-1" and the roof rack is on my Subaru Outback - -not an SUV. I grab it by the seat tube and the front fork and it goes right up. Fortunately I have not ever lost hold of it and dropped it on that shiny black paint; my dear wife would hang me!

just use your ninja skills.

what ^^^he said, :D
I usually hold breath until it sits right. :)

I deal with xc bikes, which are WAY lighter, but, until this year, I just picked it up & put it on the rack - I'm 5'11". Now that the kid has grown some - he's 5'9" at last measure - he takes care of it himself. Outback, not SUV, BTW.

What's really fun is trying to get them OFF the roof rack after you've driven through freezing rain.........

http://www.danosbikeshop.com/Gallery/Accessories/5150ramp2.jpg

http://home.earthlink.net/~jonbuder/images/stoppie_bike1.jpg

Or something like that.