I have to say I've never got on with the "back to the bike method" with any of the bikes I've had apart from the old GSA, but that never went down flat which made life much easier.

I find my backside gets in the way of getting a good grip on the bars and the grab handles with back to the bike. I feel much more comfortable doing it facing the bike, lifting, walking forwards leaning into the bike and using leg power, much as you would do in rugby training. I also find the muscles in my legs work better going forwards than backwards!

In fact much the same way as Old Git Ray tackles his S10 in this video...

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