Is the left-pedal always a left hand thread?

[fatblokish]

 

[Slick]

Would it just not eventually spin lose if it wasn't?

 

[Racing roadkill]

It’s the old argument of ‘the left’ versus ‘your left’ bikes are notorious for ‘the left’ being ‘the left’ and not necessarily ‘your left’.

 

[Slick]

If your unsure, there's a handy direction arrow on the spindles.

 

[Globalti]

Don't ride backwards or the pedals will fall off.

 

[Levo-Lon]

You tend to find this a lot when Halfords builds the bike for you..its true

 

[youngoldbloke]

Here's the RH drive version

 

[swansonj]

Something to add to the "things young people don't remember" thread: which way round to put the slide into the slide projector so that it comes out the right way round.

 

[MontyVeda]

Bering a lefty, i have several LH guitars and have toyed with the idea of a LH bike... whooda thunk some fool would actually go ahead and do it!
Now all we need is a left hand piano for us leftys who struggle with the RH version.

 

[classic33]

Bering a lefty, i have several LH guitars and have toyed with the idea of a LH bike... whooda thunk some fool would actually go ahead and do it!
Now all we need is a left hand piano for us leftys who struggle with the RH version.

There you go.
Just a Seed of an idea at present.

 

[MontyVeda]

There you go.
Just a Seed of an idea at present.

can't beat a vintage web page... they're so cute and narrow

 

[youngoldbloke]

The USA Olympic track cycling team bikes had the drive on the LH side.

 

[Levo-Lon]

There you go.
Just a Seed of an idea at present.

Being a lefty myself that's very interesting..tho i play guitar with my right

 

[Slick]

The USA Olympic track cycling team bikes had the drive on the LH side. View attachment 381837

Just something else to add to the list.....

 

[QFour]

I can tell you from experience that the pedals do come undone and also ruin the thread. I converted a bike to electric and it came with two crank arms. For some unknown reason I put them on wrong way round. Just putting your weight on the pedal is enough to start the loosening process. Luckily the one I ruined was the one that does not have a spider so a friendly nearby bike shop found me a SH crank and I borrowed his puller to get the cranks off. Funny thing was it was only one side that came loose. Lesson learned .....