Dreaming of lime gerbils in a cheese sauce

Before I used them for the first time, I practiced. Gregg's Greenlake Cycle used to have (and may still?) a rack mounted on the sidewalk so that you could practice pulling it down (squeeze the handle and pull) and putting your bike on it. I just saw that someone recommended using an empty bus (or maybe getting advice from a waiting driver)... there are often buses hanging out around the UDist that you could try it with.