Can you mount your bike from the wrong side..
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I have to get on and off my bike from/to the left, but I get on my motorbike from the right as I store it close to a wall on it's left side both at home and at work...but in a carpark I get on from the left.
I'm also a lot more confident cranking the bike/motorbike over on lefthand corners than right.
I'm also a lot more confident cranking the bike/motorbike over on lefthand corners than right.
I honestly have no idea. I'm pretty sure I can get on and off from either side, likewise I don't think I have a preference for clipping in or out with either foot. I reckon it just depends on where the bike is and what is most appropriate/convenient at the time. I know that if, for some reason, I can't clip in then I'll try with the other foot rather than do battle.
I guess it's experience; as the same man also said "these things take time"
I guess it's experience; as the same man also said "these things take time"
I'm not bothered which side I get on & off the bike, or with which foot I push off with. It all depends on what side I'm standing at the time. Suppose it helps that although I'm "right handed" when writing I can use my left hand for most other things, very handy for using saw and painting and stuff when one hand/arm gets tired.
Dayvo
just passin' through
- Location
- 59° 50′ 5.55″ N, 10° 47′ 41.89″ E
I can mount from both sides, but clipping is more alien to me from the right side.
I can just about brush my teeth with my 'weaker' hand (left) but left-handed arse-wiping is a no-no; it just gets smeared everywhere!
I can just about brush my teeth with my 'weaker' hand (left) but left-handed arse-wiping is a no-no; it just gets smeared everywhere!
Dave5N
Über Member
- Location
- Outside The Little Nibble
What made you try?
Dayvo
just passin' through
- Location
- 59° 50′ 5.55″ N, 10° 47′ 41.89″ E
Dave5N said:
Having a bandaged right hand after an accident at work a long time ago.
I'm just glad I broke my left collar bone before!
twentysix by twentyfive
Clinging on tightly
- Location
- Over the Hill
Dayvo said:Having a bandaged right hand after an accident at work a long time ago.
I'm just glad I broke my left collar bone before!
Did you not ask for ASSistance?
Dayvo
just passin' through
- Location
- 59° 50′ 5.55″ N, 10° 47′ 41.89″ E
twentysix by twentyfive said:Did you not ask for ASSistance?
It wouldn't have been a 'hole' lot of good!
Milo
Guru
- Location
- Melksham, Wilts
That must have been a bummer.
