Mine are all in my basement and I have 5 stairs up, a landing with 90 degree turn, then 5 more stairs up. Two people in reasonably good shape can get it up, but they are heavy. We go the first 5 up, rest machine (and ourselves) on the landing, spin it, go the next 5. It's not so bad and takes about 5 minutes. Legs are off. If you can take the head off, it makes a big difference.