Bought a new bike in June, been riding it almost everyday (when the weather allows for it) and haven’t had any oopsies with it. I have about 3100km on the odometer.

I pull into my garage and it’s a tight fit between my kayak and my car and I guess the ground was a bit too slippery or maybe I overturned (or both) and next thing I know my bike is tipping to the right and I’m not able to stop it.

I guide it down but it’s 414lbs and I am a small guy most days so it falls on my surron, knocks that over too. Fortunately nothing got super damaged and I was able to quickly turn off the engine and the bike.

My first thought was “I’ve broken the brake lever and my mirror I’m fucked”. Second was “how am I going to lift this when the hot side is down???”

Fortunately and to my surprise, the bike was quite easy to pick up. I’ve never picked up a downed bike ever. My feet slipped a bit as I was pushing but I got it back upright without a struggle.

My mirror seemed to absorb most of the impact and it just unscrewed so I screwed it back into place and readjusted. Test front and back brake and they work fine and no sign of damage.

I don’t even have any scratches. I guess maybe the foot peg also took some force. I’m a lucky dude and I feel very dumb even though it’s a guarantee one drops the bike at least once. Just waiting for the adrenaline to calm down. 😆

  • Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafeEnglish
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    4 months ago

    The trick to lifting a heavy bike is to use your legs pushing your ass backwards into the saddle from the side of the bike. You kind of walk it up backwards.

    There’s a video of a small woman (120lbs) standing up a 600lb bike this way. This was a game changer for me and my 600lb, tall as hell bike.

    • Sarcasmo220@lemmy.ml
      2·
      4 months ago

      I wanted to reply with this same tip. A fellow biker taught me that out in the field. It made it way easier to pick up my 1200cc cruiser!

    • PerogiBoi@lemmy.caOP
      1·
      4 months ago

      Ya this trick is what I saw on YouTube and figured I’d have to do it too. For my bike though I was able to just push the saddle and hold the handlebars to get it upright. I guess by motorcycle standards it’s pretty light for a road bike at 400ish pounds.