Brake & Gear Levers

[Twigman]

I recently bought a Verenti Rhigos03 from wiggle.
One thing that has annoyed me about it is the cables.

The bars came prewrapped with the cables fitted under the wrap but the routings seem wrong forcing the cables into positions they really don't look comfortable in.

Wiggle set the bike up with the rear brake and the front derailleur on the left bar and the front brake and rear derailleur on the right bar.

I've always had the rear brake on the right and the front brake on the left which is making this bike trivky to get used to - not only do I have to think about the SRAM change but which hand is the brake on too.

How do you have your levers set up?
Does it matter?



Another thing - the 'Double Tap' logo on the SRAM levers is towards the centre line of the bike, not the outside...is this right?

 

[ianrauk]

rear on left and front on right is the UK way. The US has the opposite set up. ie rear on right and front on left.

 

[calibanzwei]

Wiggle set the bike up with the rear brake and the front derailleur on the left bar and the front brake and rear derailleur on the right bar.

Same as mine - came like that direct from Dawes.

 

[the snail]

Isn't it a legal requirement to have the brakes set up that way?

 

[calibanzwei]

Read somewhere that the opposite way round is the European/Italian way... could be wrong

EDIT: Just seen ianrauks' post

 

[Angelfishsolo]

I recently bought a Verenti Rhigos03 from wiggle.
One thing that has annoyed me about it is the cables.

The bars came prewrapped with the cables fitted under the wrap but the routings seem wrong forcing the cables into positions they really don't look comfortable in.

Wiggle set the bike up with the rear brake and the front derailleur on the left bar and the front brake and rear derailleur on the right bar.

I've always had the rear brake on the right and the front brake on the left which is making this bike trivky to get used to - not only do I have to think about the SRAM change but which hand is the brake on too.

How do you have your levers set up?
Does it matter?



Another thing - the 'Double Tap' logo on the SRAM levers is towards the centre line of the bike, not the outside...is this right?

I have mine set up in the same way that yours is currently. UK standard.

 

[Angelfishsolo]

Isn't it a legal requirement to have the brakes set up that way?

I doubt it. It may be legal for it to leave the retailer that way but what is done to it after-market it owners choice (as long as it retains two brakes (unless it is a fixie)).

 

[Twigman]

Read somewhere that the opposite way round is the European/Italian way... could be wrong

EDIT: Just seen ianrauks' post

AAAH my last bike was bought in Germany and was German

........the 'European and US' way makes more sense to me:

1) the route from the left bar to the front caliper is smoother for the cable
2) being right handed and the rear brake being used most and to varying degrees it is easier to control with your 'good' hand


Oh well I might be rewrapping my bars and switching my cables around soon.

 

[Twigman]

and another thing

motorbikes have the front brake on the right and clutch on the left.....the primary brake on a motorbike is the front brake and after riding motorbikes for several years it is instinct to grab a handful of right lever - this would be far safer on the pushbike if that lever operated the rear brake....whereas it currently operates the front brake and I must remember on the pushbike that if I need a handful of brake to do it with the left hand...


this is proving really difficult to teach my brain

 

[Angelfishsolo]

and another thing

motorbikes have the front brake on the right and clutch on the left.....the primary brake on a motorbike is the front brake and after riding motorbikes for several years it is instinct to grab a handful of right lever - this would be far safer on the pushbike if that lever operated the rear brake....whereas it currently operates the front brake and I must remember on the pushbike that if I need a handful of brake to do it with the left hand...


this is proving really difficult to teach my brain

Swap the leavers over. Not a big job at all.

 

[Wankelschrauben]

The rest of the world uses Left Front Front ~ Right Rear Rear.

 

[MrHappyCyclist]

... the rear brake being used most and to varying degrees ...

What?!!!! See Sheldon Brown: "Skilled cyclists use the front brake alone probably 95% of the time."

 

[Angelfishsolo]

What?!!!! See Sheldon Brown: "Skilled cyclists use the front brake alone probably 95% of the time."

Not if he's a MTBer!!!!!!

 

[MrHappyCyclist]

Not if he's a MTBer!!!!!!

On a Verenti Rhigos03?

 

[Angelfishsolo]

On a Verenti Rhigos03?

I'm guessing you would spend a lot of time off the bike and in the air?