what is the easiest way to carry a bicycle up a flight of stairs?

Answer 1

Cyclocross style. Go to cyclocrossworld.com and see how they carry their bikes. It it the most efficient way to carry a bicycle and the easiest.

Forget cyclocross world go to google.com and then type in cyclocross and go to images.

Below is a direct image. Similar to the one below is what I mean. Of course how easy it is wil also depend on how heavy your bicycle is in comparison to your body weight and strenght.
http://uat.vngroup.com/CXW/Images/nats-wells2.jpg

Answer 2

I did this for a year once when I lived on the 4th floor of a block where the lift was too small for a bicycle.

Best start by getting an aluminium-framed bicycle, they're much lighter than steel.

Stand to one side of the frame, bend your knees, grab hold of the frame with your stronger arm as far down as you can, then stand, lifting the bike. As you go up, use the other hand to raise the front wheel clear of the stairs and round any bends. Avoid hitting the walls - tyres can leave big marks.

Bringing it down is harder, actually, because you have to raise the back wheel clear of the stairs behind you, and it's heavier than the front.

Good luck!

Answer 3

I've just spent 5 minutes laughing at the other answers! Mine isn't funny I'm afraid, but I do know someone who rigged up a pulley system to take heavy loads up three flights of stairs to their flat. Alternatively, is there somewhere safe to store the bike at the bottom of the stairs?

Answer 4

Hi the best way is to hold the frame in the center and lift it up, my boyfriend used to do this all the time and got up the stairs dead quick, better than pulling it up by the handle bars stair by stair.

Answer 5

If it's heavy and you're smaller, walk beside the bike, hold the handlebar steering STRAIGHT FORWARD with one hand, and pull-lift the bottom crossbar frame with the other hand up the stairs, leaving the WEIGHT of the bike mostly on the stairs with the wheels touching.
Either that, or get your brother weightlifter to do it.

Answer 6

Pick it up on a low, central spot on the frame. The front wheel will turn, so just let it. Then climb, climb, climb! I used to carry mine up 3 flights of stairs.

Answer 7

I did it every day for 5 years.

Depends on type of frame & your height though.

Using the crossbar - find the centre balance and carry it in your hand to your sholder (just vertically taking the weight), keep it weighted forward for going down stairs & back for going up. UIse your free hand to hold the bars if you need to.

If you have no real crossbar - pick up in hand at shoulder height using underside of saddle.

http://media.64k.ca/Rahoul%20Ghose/day%206/sm/atp_bike_carry.jpg

Answer 8

If its a STRIDA which see at strida.com you're away at a trot.
However ThomasRobinsonsAntonio is the most correct answer. Give him the best answer for a conventional bicycle. I could have a shedload of STRIDA s on the roof while he did one bike

Answer 9

put your right arm through the space under the cross bar, hike the underneath of the crossbar onto your shoulder and off you go, this means that your left hand is free to use on the banister and your wheels are above the level of your knees which means you can get moving. if you can get a bit of speed up this will take you up quicker and smoother.

ps should you report the muppet who answered 'get a paki' ? :-(

Answer 10

Years of body-building followed by self-help therapy (for the bike) so that it truly believes it can go up the stairs. Daleks can do it now, why not cycles!

Move home / office.

Robert :-)