Clean and Jerk !

[IR772]

When I was looking to buy my Mountain bike no one mentioned was that I would need to be able to clean and jerk the 22 kg bike over my head to clear gates.

Here are two I encountered last night, the wooden one is a bit easy compared to the steel one. Nice wooden gate with handy kissing gate.



Steel monster, see how much higher up the handle bars compared to the wooden one this is. (Bastard)



So my technique is to grip just above the battery and just below the NCX and heave.




Sorry, this photo is included as I thought my bike looked so beautiful just standing there.




Any other obstacles you come across that no one told you about.

 

[soundwave]

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chain what chain lol

 

[Paul smith]

Mine weighs about the same..maybe a k heavier..i grab it as low down the
seat post has i can with one hand.... other near the top of front sus..a sharp
intake of breath an over it goes.....just about.....nice bike^^

 

[Izzyekerslike]

When I was looking to buy my Mountain bike no one mentioned was that I would need to be able to clean and jerk the 22 kg bike over my head to clear gates.

Here are two I encountered last night, the wooden one is a bit easy compared to the steel one. Nice wooden gate with handy kissing gate.

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Steel monster, see how much higher up the handle bars compared to the wooden one this is. (Bastard)

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So my technique is to grip just above the battery and just below the NCX and heave.




Sorry, this photo is included as I thought my bike looked so beautiful just standing there.

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Any other obstacles you come across that no one told you about.

Taking the battery off helps.

 

[Yamdude]

To get to a canal path i like to ride, a shortcut would be to go over this rail bridge that goes over a river....

Its so steep and such a bstard to carry my bike up the steps & over, that i mostly go a long way round to avoid it

 

[Izzyekerslike]

To get to a canal path i like to ride, a shortcut would be to go over this rail bridge that goes over a river....

Its so steep and such a bstard to carry my bike up the steps & over, that i mostly go a long way round to avoid it

Low gear, walk button and strenuous effort required.. Think I'd go the long way round too.

 

[Wicky]

Weeley Footbridge to get to the Colchester bound platform - goodness knows how the disabled get across.

 

[Yamdude]

Low gear, walk button and strenuous effort required.. Think I'd go the long way round too.

The bridge is worse than it looks in the pic...... I've tried using the throttle to walk the bike up the steps, but its too steep and the steps are too big. There really isn't any other way than to carry the bike up. Its a killer.
The detour is a long way round, but its worth it.

 

[LeighPing]

My big bike weighs 30 kilos. Thankfully, I rarely have to lift it. Steps, I walk it up them using the thumb throttle.

The one I've just bought, feels like a feather at 22 kg.

 

[Yamdude]

Another rail footbridge that causes me probs getting over with my Ebike.... although I dont have much of a detour to avoid this one.

 

[KeithMac]

There's a bridge in York that has a beam or "gutter" for want of a better word near the lhs of the steps that is made for bikes to slot their wheels in.

Would have though this would be easy to implement across the majority of stepped overpasses...

 

[OldBob1]

Just shows how our existing transport system is for the people it suppose to server let alone the disabled.
and they want HS2 when our existing system is not fit for purpose.

 

[Gringo]

Here are two I encountered last night, the wooden one is a bit easy compared to the steel one. Nice wooden gate with handy kissing gate

? Are these locked gates preventing access to land you can ride on legally. If so, then as SW surgests, grind away if not perhaps best not add criminal damage to trespassing

 

[soundwave]

you can ride on it just some gates are locked not sure why as horses also go up there?

you can get to the top other ways tho non stop.

 

[IR772]

The land is common, Forestry commission or National Trust. Huge areas are in Herefordshire, Shropshire and Wales so access is not illegal.

The wooden gate has a kissing gate by it and the steel gate has a style to its left for walker access, so not barred at all, the steel gate is the worst I have encountered height wise. Lots of gates have an opening pedestrian gate so horses and bikes can easily pass through, probably bridle paths.

The locked gates are to stop vehicles, normally the 4x4 clubs that also like to go out and explore in their modes of transport. These would be excellent areas for these 4x4's as they are for me on my bike, so the gates are locked to allow Forestry or Farmer access only.

Normally I come across these gates after a long climb or coming out of a wood so I am knackered to then have to lift the bike over.

Because I have a bike that can go most places I am now rediscovering all the areas as a child that I used to visit, its is amazing how many have not changed beyond recognition. There were not that many gates then and none of them were locked.

It is the difference between walking a footpath and riding my bike on it.

Still love it!

 

[georgehenry]

For getting over bridges with steps my Oxygen E-mate city with a throttle is surprisingly capable if a little undignified as you could spin up the back wheel while lifting the front over upcoming steps and kind of bounce your way up, I still use the Oxygen for general shopping trips including using the train and the throttle really helps to overcome steps.

My sDuro is used for my commute to work and back and I mostly avoid routes that require me to lift it up although it is possible when I have to, although it involves removing the panniers and then going back to get them and put them back on.

On The North Downs where I will sometimes use the footpath sections during the week when it is quiet they have at some expense put in new gates and associated kissing gates at regular intervals, although the kissing gates are capacious enough to allow you to upend your bike on the back wheel and walk it through. I guess someone must have complained.