Mark Taylor said:This may be a strange request but please humour me a little...!!!
I'm thinking of doing a mountain bike decent of Snowdon but (obviously!!) am
not too keen on cycling to the top (or maybe i'm being a bit of a girl....).
Does anyone have any ideas of how to carry a mountain bike using a back pack
arrangement? Are there any commercial products about or has anyone else had
this very strange idea and solved the conundrum?
This might lead to me having some seriously fantastic downhill experiences
so i will appreciate your thoughts. I intend to find bridleways so please
don't worry about this part of my (somewhat strange) plans....
If you can walk up it without clambering, it'll almost certainly be
easier to cycle as far as possible, then push the bike if totally
knackered or path is too steep to continue cycling.
For sections where the path is too rocky or steep to push, the
traditional answer is to shoulder the bike. Put stronger arm through
frame, hoik bike onto shoulder, use hand of same arm to hold stem or
handlebar to stabilise. Often a pad is put under the top-tube or in the
angle of the top-tube and seat-tube to cushion the shoulder from the
weight of the bike.
If you have a downhill specific MTB, with a limited gear range (too
high), or a non-conventional frame (Y-frame with no top-tube?), yer on
yer own I'm afraid. Start looking for ski-lifts, 4WD or railways ;-)
If you insist in carrying it on your back, I'm sure you could rig
somthing with an old fashioned framed rucksack with the sack removed,
but myself, I'd sooner push 25lbs of bike than carry it.
HTH,
bookieb
