In a message dated 10-20-14, Ed Vance said to Holger Granholm:   
      
   Hi Ed,   
      
   EV> When I learned the Navy send INT before a Q Signal instead of a   
   EV> Question Mark after the Q Signal, I thought it was the most   
   EV> convoluted, mixed up, crazy way to do it.   
      
   One Q-signal that doesn't need a question mark is the QLF signal which   
   is an unofficial one that is a question in itself, "Are you sending with   
   your left foot".   
      
    HG> Or you used the wrong technique.   
      
   EV> My technique: I stood on the front stoop so I could get my leg over   
   EV> the bike just to be able to sit on the seat.   
      
   EV> I used my feet to get the bike over on the driveway, but every time   
   EV> I tried to get both feet on the pedals I felt like I would fall   
   EV> over.   
      
   It's a bit difficult to teach biking by correspondence but I'll try.   
   There are several ways to start:   
      
   1) You stand by your bike that has its off-side pedal almost in the   
      highest position. You swing one leg over the seat to the off-side   
      pedal and start by stepping onto that pedal. The bike starts moving   
      and at the same time you put your other foot on the near-side pedal.   
      
   2) As above but if you have difficulties swinging your leg over the seat   
      while standing on the side of the bike, try standing on the kerb of   
      the sidewalk with the bike on the driveway. The rest as above.   
      
   3) If the above fails, try a "grandma bike" that doesn't have the top   
      tube but you always start by the off-side foot pushing down that   
      pedal to get the bike moving before you lift your near-side foot onto   
      the other pedal.   
      
   The bike must be MOVING before you lift the other foot on the   
   corresponding pedal and AFTER THAT you can sit down on the seat.   
      
   The correct way to place your feet on the pedals is with the big toe   
   joint over the axle of the pedal, not the arch over the pedal axle.   
      
   If you can stay upright with one foot off the ground (floor) you do have   
   the balance needed for biking. If not, stay off any two wheeled bikes.   
      
      
   CU L8ER,   
      
   Holger   
      
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