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Which right is right??
John:
Oi!
I have bought 3-4 bikes here in the UK and I have changed over brakes... Argos cr*p...
//John
demographic:
Weird, I have had loads of pushbikes and they have always had the front brake on the right (same as motorbikes) :?
Timbowe:
Gota agree with ya there Demo! Never ridden a pushy with the front brake on the wrong side. :-o Now on my 7th decent mtb.
FuriouSly:
Hmmm... I must be confused about this topic. So overseas from the US, most BMX/MTB have the rear brake lever on the left side? Why would there be a difference of position depending on where you live?
I have ridden BMX bikes since I was 5 Y/O. I raced BMX for a time until a serious injury. I also rode MTB's for awhile. They have always had the rear brake on the right side. I have also ridden motorcycles since I was 7 Y/O. I personally have never had a problem switching between the two.
Remember the bicycles that had the foot brake where you just pushed back on the crank and it engaged the brake? I guess since I was dominant right footed that I always used my right foot to brake. So when my bikes went to rear caliper type brakes it only made sense to stay dominant right side. Maybe its more of a right/left dominant thing? I rode motorcycles and bicycles at the some time with opposite mounted levers and never thought about it until this topic. Very interesting.
Sly
Timbowe:
Hey Alan what about the old brit bikes? My old Norton had the gear lever on the right hand side and the rear brake on the left. The gears are 1 up and the rest down. Made for interesting times specially at the track where sometimes I'd race my mates Dunstall Norton in one race then swap back to the Ducati for the next race. That first corner was allways a bit of a worry to make sure I had the right pedal be activated. In an emergengy I would just pull and push everything I could get me fingers round or toes on. :lol:
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