Quote Originally Posted by sandra View Post
How do you get on your bike and take off? Remember when you were 10 and you put on foot on the pedals, swung your leg waaaaay over and mounted the sadle and took off all at the same time? Does anybody still do this?

Or, do you stand over your bike, put one foot on the pedal and slip up on the seat, putting the other foot up and take off.
I hop on one pedal and swing over and I'm surprised that I can still do it from either side, with or without clipless pedals

However, when I was hauling the dog in the baby trailer, I whacked my shin more than once on the arm of the trailer (and there were screw ends there, too!). I retrained myself to straddle and then take off...since I've been home from that trip I'm having a hard time remembering that the trailer is not there.

I prefer running starts over straddles. They're more fun!

Karen