| Re: Skewer direction
On Mon, 8 Jan 2007 17:38:37 +1030, Michael Warner <see@homepage.com> wrote:
>On Sun, 7 Jan 2007 20:00:17 -0800, Tom Keats wrote:
>
>> 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.
>
>Every bike I've bought here in Australia has had the right lever cabled to
>operate the front brake. Maybe the idea is that it should be possible to
>signal the sharper turn (left here, right in the US) while using the
>more effective front brake.
>
>Seems reasonable to me, anyway.
The theory has been that braking with just the front is dangerous if there
should be a surprise. So the powers that be assume Americans should have the
front brake on the left and you all should have it on the right. Me I think it's
all about the cyclocross and the front goes on the right. Which completely
failed to keep me from grabbing it and crashing most absurdly when coasting up
to a barrier and having the guy in front of me klutz it. There I am coasting in,
standing on one pedal with both hands on the bars and far more front wheel
traction than was good for me.
Ron
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