switching brakes:

[gbs]

For medical reasons - trying to minimise risk of RSI type injury to R arm (muscle system yet to to recover from a break in October) - I am swapping the brakes on all 3 bikes. So in future L for front brake and R for rear. I had no problems this setup on 4 hr run in flat terrain on the Van Nic today

Any thoughts as to how to accelerate muscle memory/instinctive reaction? It should not be overly difficult for me to adapt given that I have only 30 months cycling experience and so will not have deeply ingrained habits.

PS: going downhill to a R turn is now less traumatic.

 

[Zoiders]

How does exercising an atrophied limb less help with rehabilitation?

And why assume you will get RSI?

Rehab will hurt until it doesn't hurt any more and I wouldn't swap the brakes over unless the doc has warned of the risk of creating a chronic injury, in which case cycling full stop might be a bad idea anyway.

 

[brockers]

Imagine you're a top Euro pro racer cos that's how they have their brakes set up.

 

[mr Mag00]

thats how i run my brakes always have and always will

 

[Smokin Joe]

thats how i run my brakes always have and always will

Same here, smoother cable run and no rub on the head tube.

 

[Davidc]

Not just 'Euro pro racers', it's every bike in Europe, and I believe the rest of the world, except possibly Ireland!

For just over 20 years I had a Peugeot bike I'd bought in France which was that wayround. used to take me about a minute to adjust my brain when I rode a UK standard bike, or back again.

 

[gbs]

How does exercising an atrophied limb less help with rehabilitation?

And why assume you will get RSI?

Not so much exercisng less but seeking to protect dominant R arm.

I do not assume that I will get RSI - I already have an RSI condition. I provoked a golfer's elbow condition by riding 100k on the finest of Hampshire lanes three weeks ago. The poor road conditions gave off a lot of vibration and the frequent braking, mostly R hand/front brake, caused the problem to my R arm. Tennis/golfer's elbow are notoriously difficult to cure.

 

[HLaB]

Every bike I've hired has been set up that way you soon get used to it; what I find for the first few days is I always have the right hand covering the rear brake as its my instinct to pull the rear first or feather it.