LH drive?

[wiggydiggy]

Having hired a bike in Italy recently (a very nice Cannondale CAAD something or other) I can reveal that bikes on the mainland of Europe have their brakes wired the other way round. This means the front brake is on the left. I only noticed this when coming down a substantial hill that required both brakes. Up till then I had only used the back one. I normally only use the front.

Same with gears, I had a Pegeot branded MTB as a kid and its gears were opposite sides as per the brakes and high was low and low was high when looking at the markings....

Lots of info here: http://bicycles.stackexchange.com/questions/5164/why-do-bikes-have-their-drivetrains-on-the-right

 

[TheDoctor]

I've done something like that when building a bike while pissed not concentrating...