Which side do you get on and off from?

[Mrs M]

I start off from the right on my driveway (no problem).
If I'm on the road I start on the right hand side, on the pavement, get on the bike, look right and left then dart across the road to the left and carry on, simples!

 

[Colin_P]

I start off from the right on my driveway (no problem).
If I'm on the road I start on the right hand side, on the pavement, get on the bike, look right and left then dart across the road to the left and carry on, simples!

I've changed / added to the options so you can re-vote now although I like your current vote!

 

[ianrauk]

Interesting.

I suppose with most of us it is a learned habbit, getting on from the kerb side.

I of course blame the cycling proficiency I did back in 1978.

I too my test before that. I don't remember much about it at all apart from going round some cones in the school playground, It's just what I have always done.

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

It's never, ever been a problem in all the years I have been cycling.

Same here but I have sometimes noticed that certain cyclists slip alongside on the inside where there's not really enough room. In general, though, I reckon it helps keep the traffic behind me at lights because I'm closer to the driver's line of view and pretty much in line with the car's nearside wheel. One exception was when I stripped a bolt off a cleat and fell in front of a taxi, but as I was a little in his way anyway he was already stopping behind me.

 

[hopless500]

Mainly right handed and get on from the left. I tend to get off whichever way seems appropriate at the time.

 

[fossyant]

I was always taught to start pedalling with the right foot. It's something I always did, and do, so when riding fixed commuting, I'd rotate the back wheel back to a point where I could start right leg first. I can't start left first. Habit.

 

[Mrs M]

I have changed my vote.

 

[Katherine]

The left because it keeps my leg away from the chain.

 

[Deleted member 23692]

Get on from the left, get off from the right

Left handed too

 

[cosmicbike]

Right handed, always mount from the left (ooer missus etc etc). Always unclip my left foot, and all 4 clipless moments have had me falling to the right.

 

[lutonloony]

On or off depending where the kerb is, so left when leaving home right when arriving home

 

[Buck]

?..apart from going round some cones in the school playground, It's just what I have always done.

Don't you get strange looks from the pupils and teachers at your age !!

 

[Oldfentiger]

Always get on from the left. Nothing to do with being right-handed, it's a legacy from lots of years motorcycling.
The side stand on motorbikes is on the left, so the machine is leant over to the left on the stand before you mount and pick it up to vertical.
It's awkward to mount a motorbike on the sidestand from the right, and old habits die hard.

 

[Donger]

It is one of those questions that is nice to know the answer to but serves no purpose whatsoever.

Actually it does. Like most of the right-handed respondents, I always get on and off my bike from the left..... even when riding abroad. Which means, when riding in Europe and dismounting/remounting at the side of a narrow road, I have to stand on the road surface to get on or off my bike. This has held up traffic and got me hooted at on a couple of occasions. I have always wondered whether Europeans get on and off on the right side by default because of this.

 

[Tanis8472]

Always get on from the left. Nothing to do with being right-handed, it's a legacy from lots of years motorcycling.
The side stand on motorbikes is on the left, so the machine is leant over to the left on the stand before you mount and pick it up to vertical.
It's awkward to mount a motorbike on the sidestand from the right, and old habits die hard.

Beat me to it.