009jim

It's no different to getting on a horse!

slowandsteady

Having ridden horses for the past 30 years, I can tell you it is quite different. For one thing, the bike will not decide on its own to walk away and eat some grass while you try to get on. The bike will not kick you with a shod hoof either. Bikes will not decide to buck you off, if you sit down in the saddle too hard. Bikes are also not over 5 feet tall at the withers.

vol

Also, you can't do a "ready mount" on a horse, can you?

Is the "cyclocross" mount almost the same as "side mount" except you start with a higher speed?

Machka 

Do you actually approach your bicycle as you are preparing to set off for a ride and think ..... today I am going to do the "ready mount" or "side mount" or "hop-skip-and-jump mount"? Do you actually think about how you are going to get on your bicycle?

Retro Grouch 

Back in my diamond frame tandem riding days I used to swing my knee over the handlebar. That way I wouldn't catch it on the stoker handlebar - or kick the stoker for that matter.

I'm thinking that would work well for loaded touring too but I never have done and never will do any of that.

Incidentally, my wife has a recumbent "tadpole" trike. You might think that would be easy to mount and dismount but the seat is a looooooong way down there.

bkaapcke

I like to mount it from behind. You know, doggie style. bk

vol

Would like to see more votes

What's the problem with side mount? Or no problem?

Nermal

Vol, if we awarded points, I'd give you bonus points for keeping up with your own thread.

vol

Thanks!

Fastfingaz

I see there are some creative members here on how to mount and dismount a bicycle, but I have a method when I'm at my house and I'm ready to go I get my small trampolin out and put directly behind the bike about 3 feet, then I get a running start and jump on the trampolin propeling me foward over the back wheel and landing on the seat! I'm still carring alot of momentum that when I land on the seat I can propel the bike foward and then I simply get my feet on the peddles and I'm on my way ! one thing I don't clip in anymore so I just have regular tennis shoes !!now when I can't use my trampolin I mount it like I would a Horse left foot on the peddle and take a step pushing down on it and immediately throw my right leg over the bike and that puts me right over the seat and I peddle off to my destination,,,, I hope this enlightens somebody !!! and it's always a pleasure,,,,,,,,,

vol

You sound like a terrific acrobat! Did you mean "pedal" instead of "peddle"? (I made the same mistake in a post some time ago)

Nermal

In '07 I had three fractures of the pelvis, and miscellaneous damage. I used high curbs for stepping stones. I shudder to think what might have happened if I had taken a fall, and it was certainly not one of the suggested mounts.

Fastfingaz

Yes Vol I did mean Pedal Iguess I can mount my bike better than I can spell I also was confused on weather trampolin had an E at the end!

Retro Grouch 

I never thought that getting onto the bike was a very big deal. I've done some innovative dismounts in my time but I don't recommend it. Sometimes boreing is good.

kenji666

whether not weather

Fastfingaz

Man ya'll pickking me apart now!!!!!

I-Like-To-Bike

Using the "side dismount" before every stop in order to reduce brake pad wear? Sounds like someone who would routinely slow down their passenger car/pickup truck before every stop by double clutching and downshifting through a manual transmission in order to "save the brakes."

A waste of time and effort and the savings are an illusion.

insylem

That's how I normally do it!

the sci guy 

I do all of those except the cyclocross (might as well just call it the bobsled mount).
It all depends where I am stopped and for what reason. Did I fully get off the bike? Or am I just stopped at a stoplight?

side mount when first getting on the bike.
ready mount / seat mount when biking but had to stop for something.

to get off i do reverse side mount.

vol

3 ways to mount a bicycle
4 ways to dismount a bicycle

YouthInAsia

Am I the only one who mounts the bike by running at it from the rear, planting both hands on the seat, and jumping up onto it like it's a horse? Say it isn't so!

caloso

I race cross so it's second nature to do the CX dismount. Although I tend not to use the flying remount unless I'm in a race.

HauntedMyst

I prefer the Cowboy Mount. That's where I run up behind the bike and pommel horse up over the back and land on the seat. This is recommended after you have all the children you want.

YouthInAsia

That's exactly what I'm talking about. But you articulated it better. :-)

Yellowbeard

Why waste valuable brake pads if cheap and plentiful shoe soles aren't being used to their full potential? I'll bet carbon-soled shoes would be handy for stopping on roads made of cork.