Sorry to chime in once again, but I'm just now getting rid of this myself. I
did it all last season, and it still shows up when I get really tired.
But the thing for me more than anything else was just commitment to doing
it. It's very difficult to forget you're going to smash your berries and
taint. And that has happened to me a few times. But once you do it and
realize it's not "that" bad, it's easier to commit to landing on the correct
place (your inner thigh). It's amazing how you can grab on to the back of a
saddle using only your baby-making parts when you slightly muff a re-mount.
I started by doing mounts while walking and committing to not skipping. I
did that every day, for an hour. That took about a week. I stretched my
groin a bit to make it easier to get up and around.
Then I started hopping on to the seat a little bit with the bike standing
still, trying to "test the grundel waters". I bruised my ankles on the
bottom bracket many times doing this. And the inside of my thigh was very
sore. Also, I dragged my shins across the tire tread a bunch of times. But
in time, I was able to get on while moving at a very slow pace.
Then it comes down to just speeding up a little bit and doing it. Nobody was
able to give me a "magic bullet" to fix it. I watched everything online,
asked some buddies etc.
I didn't do it once last week. The first time I've not done it. Even when my
heart rate was maxed after the sand. I was not running at 15mph, but as fast
as I could go and successfully mount.
Wrapping your leg "around" the back wheel helps. At least mentally. This
came from the Wenzel clinic advice. "Merging" with the bike, rather than
jumping on also came from them.
Russell Cree's advice was to not worry about looking "less than pro". It's
not going to make as big a difference in the end. Slow down to do a good
remount if you need to. Don't worry about being fast. It helps to have
somebody say "it's OK to suck at this".
On 9/12/12 12:16 PM, "Thom Schoenborn" wrote:
> Rather than re-hashing "on your left," I have a different question. Advice, if
> you will.
>
> How do I get rid of the little hop-skip I take right before I remount? It's
> just one little step. It always hits right before my thigh slaps the seat.
> I've tried doing it slow, but then it magically reappears when I speed up
> again. Yes, I practice remounts my hop-skip jump is as smooth as can be! I
> mean, I know it's not going to lose me a race (because I won't be anywhere
> near the front), but I want to set a good example for my daughter. Yeah,
> that's it.
>
> Your advice, please! Video links happily accepted!
>
> Thom
> _______________________________________________
> OBRA mailing list
> obra@list.obra.org
> http://list.obra.org/mailman/listinfo/obra
> Unsubscribe: obra-unsubscribe@list.obra.org