Hand/foot question

[mr_hippo]

Whilst out cycling,does your mind go into a sort of 'auto pilot' and part wanders off into the ether? It is here where strange thoughts, memories and questions come into your head. Perhaps the daftest question that popped into my head was just after a new pickup truck passd me was 'Why does that pick up truck tailgate not have a lock on it?'It took me about 40 kms to realise what a stupid question that was!
The latest one is "Is the way that you mount the bike related to being right or left handed? Me? Right handed now but only after Mum and Dad beat the living crap out of me before I 'reformed'. Now I mount from the left and my first pedal stroke is on the right, stopping is l left unclipped first and down. What do you do? Is it related to 'handedness'?

 

[Eribiste]

I drift off into all sorts of reveries on a ride out. I also talk to myself, and sing songs. Strangely, people seem to avoid me, not sure why......

 

[MrJamie]

Right handed, I think I tend to get on from the left, right leg first and pedal from the right first. Is that the same or opposite in your poll?

 

[summerdays]

I'm right handed and tend to get on from the left but actually find it easier from the right. I think it's to do with being able to lift my left leg easier over the bike. Probably which ever side I'm standing.

 

[Booyaa]

I get on from the right, putting my left leg over, I am left handed.

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

Mounting at the pavement edge, I'll point the bike in the direction I want to go in and then swing over whichever leg works - on UK roads, this is mostly right leg over, pedal off with the right foot.

Where there's no kerb, I tend to swing the right leg over but pedal off with the left foot. I'm left handed/left footed.

For the hokey cokey, I shake it all about.

 

[lulubel]

I get on from the left, putting my right leg over the bike - usually.

Start pedaling with my left foot, and put my right foot on the ground first - always.

Unless I fall off.

I'm right-handed.

I'm not sure which of the options I fit into on your poll.

When I did my cycling proficiency, I was taught you should always start pedaling with your right foot, and put your left foot on the ground when stopping. We were told it was to ensure your foot didn't get run over by a passing car which, with hindsight, is rather worrying. I never could get to grips with it.

 

[Cyclopathic]

I tend to leap frog onto my bike, cowboy style and take off using whichever pedal happens to be highest....Honestly though it depends which side of the bike I happen to be on. I probably favor getting on from the left but it's not a rule. You see I'm right handed but left footed so it probably cancels out.

 

[Dave 123]

I get on a bike from the left.
Kayaking- I get in from the left and get out to the right and I'm not sure why!
On a ride my mind wanders everywhere and nowhere, it could be full of random crap for a while, then totally at rest.

 

[Boris Bajic]

I mount from either side. I am strictly sinistrious, but it doesn't stretch to cycling.

I amuse myself on longer rides by mooing at cattle and bleating at sheep.

I score myself on how many looks I get from the herd or flock.

I do not keep the scores. It's not a competitive thing.

Try it.

But not in Central London.

 

[4F]

Lol Boris I do that too.

 

[mr_hippo]

I amuse myself on longer rides by mooing at cattle and bleating at sheep.
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Thanks for reviving a long forgotten memory! We were travelling on the top deck of a bus my then wife and three kids, The youngest was about 3 years old. I saw some cows in a field. I pointed to them and turning round to the kids said "Look at all those nice moo cows". Nothing unusual in that but the kids were in front and I had said that to a pair of pensioners!

 

[Pale Rider]

Mount from the left because it is usually away traffic.

 

[gaz]

Mount on the left hand side, start pedalling with the left side.
Always unclip with my right first and always put my right foot down first

 

[Drago]

I get on from the left, so if I cock it up I don't fall into the traffic.

I start off with my right, which is my lead leg. Again, while waiting to pull off this leaves the bike leaning left, away from traffic.

Where possible I also push the bike from the left, partly for the reason mooted above, and partly so if I fall I don't get a face full of chainset, or my scrotum tangled in the mech.