Originally Posted by
gear
How do you get your leg to go over the top tube without going over the saddle first? My top tube is more than three feet off the ground, I can't just stand and lift one foot three feet and the top tube is even higher when the bike is on the trainer. I think your a lot more flexible than I am.
I have to tilt my bike to the side a bit to get on but I can't do that when its on a trainer. I also can't clip into one of my pedals then step up on that pedal and throw my leg over as my foot would have to be turned at an extreme angle to clip in or I'd have to be standing on the leg of trainer itself.
I find it easier to have a couple of milk crates to step onto.
1) I stand beside my bicycle, facing the bicycle, with the top tube right in front of me.
2) I lift my right leg and step over the top tube, with a motion as though I were climbing stairs, 3 at a time.
The saddle doesn't even come into the picture. If it did, something has gone terribly wrong.
I dismount the same way, but of course, with the steps in reverse.