Quote Originally Posted by Jones View Post
Tri Girl- if you contact the bus company they may let you come to the bus yard to learn to put your bike on the racks.
My local transit district has two transit centers where most of their routes either start or end. There's almost always a bus or three resting there between runs. If your system has something similar, that's a good place to try out loading your bike.

For me, the hard part of is juggling all the loose items that need to be removed from a bike: water bottles, cell phone case, blinky light, cycling jacket, bike lock, grocery item (to take home), sandwich (to eat on the bus), and so on.