| Re: Skewer direction
In article <1168185869.787714.100980@51g2000cwl.googlegroups. com>,
"Malcolm Smith" <malcolm.smith@gmail.com> writes:
> The convention seems to be to insert the skewers of both wheels so that
> the lever is on the left and the nut on the right. Why?
The weight of the levers on the left counterbalances
the weight of the drive stuff on the right :-)
I've heard it suggested that the front brake lever
was moved to the left (typically weaker) hand, so
people would be less inclined to use the front brake
and flip 'emselves over the bar.
I'd rather actuate my front brake with my right hand,
so I can brake and signal a left turn at the same time.
One of these days I gotta get around to switching my
brake levers around.
cheers,
Tom
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