Moving the Crossbar

[carlyai]

So that I can more easily mount my bike I'm thinking of moving the crossbar down to those 3 stripes on the seat post.

I'm waiting on my Bafung motor kit which will make the bike a bit heavier and my new knee and back fusions don't like swinging my leg that high.

[Gandtee]

Buy a 1940s women's Daisy. I can't get my leg over now. Old age.???????? 

[carlyai]

5 minutes ago, Gandtee said:

Buy a 1940s women's Daisy. I can't get my leg over now. Old age.???????? 

Just what I need for my 650w motor and 58v battery setup. ;)

[Foek]

Why is it difficult to mount your bike? You cannot easily tilt it to the left or right and then get on it?   You don't need to cut the frame , you just need some working brains.

[DJ54]

Not an engineer but once took the top bar off a bicycle and eventually to folded like scissors..

[KhunLA]

I feel you ...

... I have to lean my Schwinn Streamliner way to the side to mount.  Due to hip and back mobility or lock of.

 

Also converted it to ebike.

[carlyai]

1 hour ago, KhunLA said:

I feel you ...

... I have to lean my Schwinn Streamliner way to the side to mount.  Due to hip and back mobility or lock of.

 

Also converted it to ebike.

Yes I do lean it too, but if I could drop the height of that bar it would be easier.

[carlyai]

2 hours ago, DJ54 said:

Not an engineer but once took the top bar off a bicycle and eventually to folded like scissors..

Not taking the top bar off, just moving one end.

[carlyai]

3 hours ago, Foek said:

Why is it difficult to mount your bike? You cannot easily tilt it to the left or right and then get on it?   You don't need to cut the frame , you just need some working brains.

Thanks Richard Cranium.

[frequentatore]

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[StreetCowboy]

On 5/25/2023 at 3:39 PM, Foek said:

Why is it difficult to mount your bike? You cannot easily tilt it to the left or right and then get on it?   You don't need to cut the frame , you just need some working brains.

Tilting your bike is a struggle when you have two cases of beer lashed to the rack, and it is a struggle to clear the beer cases as you lift your leg over.

Putting one case in each pannier balances the load, but because they have to be clear behind your heels, the panniers move the centre of gravity to far back and the bike becomes uncontrollably rear-heavy when you tilt it.  This can be alleviated by putting a couple of six-packs in the front basket.

[carlyai]

55 minutes ago, StreetCowboy said:

Tilting your bike is a struggle when you have two cases of beer lashed to the rack, and it is a struggle to clear the beer cases as you lift your leg over.

Putting one case in each pannier balances the load, but because they have to be clear behind your heels, the panniers move the centre of gravity to far back and the bike becomes uncontrollably rear-heavy when you tilt it.  This can be alleviated by putting a couple of six-packs in the front basket.

Good man. :) Best solution yet.

[carlyai]

 Nice bike. $US 1250