Supersuperleeds
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Why is the drive train always on the right? I've always wondered but never wanted to ask.
So you don't get oil on your left leg
Why is the drive train always on the right? I've always wondered but never wanted to ask.
Why is the drive train always on the right? I've always wondered but never wanted to ask.
Because (safety) bikes were invented in Britain, where we ride on the left, so a rider mounting a horse would do so from the left, when bikes came along there was no reason to change, so the chain went on the right, away from the riders’ clothes.
Not the thread direction then.Because (safety) bikes were invented in Britain, where we ride on the left, so a rider mounting a horse would do so from the left, when bikes came along there was no reason to change, so the chain went on the right, away from the riders’ clothes.
Why is the drive train always on the right? I've always wondered but never wanted to ask.
I've certainly posted on here about the time I did that. Fettle then wine, rather than t'other way round.I read a funny story (on here I think) of someone who recalled that their dad stripped down and reassembled their (simple, single speed) kiddy bike. He did a great job of it but put the drive train on the left, with the result that the freewheel would only engage by pedalling backwards.
Engaging the cleats on the move with that configuration would be an interesting exerciseI've certainly posted on here about the time I did that. Fettle then wine, rather than t'other way round.
Although I'm now thinking of doing that to my fixed. The pedals would tend to unscrew themselves, and I'd probably have to fit the SPD cleats backwards, so that means a dedicated pair of shoes for that bike, but I can't see any other problems.
Too distinctive to sell on. It'll be stripped and sold in bits.
Just swap the pedal spindles round, so you have a left pedal with a RH thread and v v. That is if you don’t want to splash out on the front cranks from a cross over tandem.I've certainly posted on here about the time I did that. Fettle then wine, rather than t'other way round.
Although I'm now thinking of doing that to my fixed. The pedals would tend to unscrew themselves, and I'd probably have to fit the SPD cleats backwards, so that means a dedicated pair of shoes for that bike, but I can't see any other problems.
That's correct. It was their track bikes. The idea was that as the bikes go anticlockwise around the velodrome there could be an advantage in having the drivetrain on the left and therefore, on the inside and aero-efficient. Didn't do them much good though.I think the USA did a left drive train in the 2016 Olympics for some advantage or other but you would know it was yours if it got nicked
Why not both sides?