Learning to Mount a 36er

[Jeremy R]

Ok, not to make anyone feel bad BUT: I am 5'4" The coker is the lowest it can go (sp cut). I received it last night. I could get a few freemounts that night. Today, I did a 10 KM ride. I nailed every single freemount on flat pavement, rolling, jump, or whathave you. I just fit onto the uni, and its really hard for me to get 'up'. But it isn't that hard, don't be discouraged!

-JR

P.S. I recant my jumping statement: Boy is that hard!

[munirocks]

Hmm, I feel like I gotta puke. I even missed a free mount on my 29" the other day. Of course in front of a horde of young attractive females

[Ducttape]

Originally Posted by munirocks

Hmm, I feel like I gotta puke. I even missed a free mount on my 29" the other day. Of course in front of a horde of young attractive females

haha that always happens to me. I filmed a little bit for the coker slalom video today but can't really figure a good angle/set-up to capture the body motion... I'll try to get my mic working now so I can set some audio commentary with it to explain what you can't really see.

[munimutant]

Originally Posted by Ducttape

haha that always happens to me. I filmed a little bit for the coker slalom video today but can't really figure a good angle/set-up to capture the body motion... I'll try to get my mic working now so I can set some audio commentary with it to explain what you can't really see.

Damn! I had my popcorn all ready and was just about to recline in the lazy boy and watch. Just kidding -- take your time

[Ducttape]

Originally Posted by munimutant

Damn! I had my popcorn all ready and was just about to recline in the lazy boy and watch. Just kidding -- take your time

I'm going to try to get a rope and tow a friend through my "slalom" while he films to try to get a good shot. should be cool.

[Biggestbtc]

Originally Posted by munirocks

Hmm, I feel like I gotta puke. I even missed a free mount on my 29" the other day. Of course in front of a horde of young attractive females

Ah! Don't you hate that! I was doing pretty good on some little jumps until two people walk by...

Maybe one day I'll get a 36er.

[Jeremy R]

YouTube - Coker-Tines

[sxbud138]

Nice vid bud !
P.S. The shipping box is huge eh !

[Jeremy R]

Originally Posted by sxbud138

Nice vid bud !
P.S. The shipping box is huge eh !

Yeah!

[munimutant]

Nice work Jeremy R! I just got one too, but with the street tire. I was wondering about the offroad option, maybe I'll try that someday.

[dudewithasock]

I just got my coker on monday and have been mounting into SIF, hopping to get my feet into place, and then tucking the seat back under and ambling off. I actually was getting it 30-40% of the time, but reading all these more sensible methods now, I have no idea how I was getting it at all! I'm gonna try to just commit to the static mount next time I practice.

[Probailer2]

I own a KH 36" for one week now and mounting wasn't that hard for me.
Took me 2 tries to get on it at first, but then it worked just fine.
Still harder then mounting my 29" tho...

[dudewithasock]

K well I've been practicing static mounts and I'm about 3/4 consistency now. One thing I've noticed that wasn't immediately clear...don't start on the ground with cranks at 3 and 9 o'clock (perfectly horizontal). I mount right foot on first, so I put my crank at a downward angle, sometimes up to 45 or 50 degrees down, and I've noticed this helps because by the time I swing up and am on the seat, the cranks are in horizontal and already moving past into the start of a pedal. Seemed to help me a lot.