Having just bought my daughter a "proper" bicycle, (Bike Pedlar, as
suggested by maxo. [Mentioned your name in case it counted for
anything]), I was surprised to see that apparently, as well as driving
on the wrong side of the road, USAns also have their bicycle brakes
swapped left to right. As I'm due for one next, I'm wondering if I
should consider swapping mine back to what I'm accustomed to. Also
wondering what the resident cyclists here think of the whole
right-front/left-front thing. I'm also wondering if this is something
Maxo encountered when he leapt the pond.

Some possible illumination here:
http://davesbikeblog.blogspot.com/2006/12/why-is-my-front-brake-lever-on-right.h...

Oddly, I don't seem to recall encountering it as an issue with the
piece-of-rubbish Wal Mart bike I had a few years back. Bad assembly?

Rich

On Aug 26, 10:21 pm, Richard Thomas dicksonlife.com> wrote:

Hmm, I'm thinking even my old Raleigh rod braked DL-1, despite being
British, had the front yoke operated with the left hand.

On Mon, 27 Aug 2007 04:56:29 -0000, maxo gmail.com> wrote:

I believe you are correct:

http://www.firstflightbikes.com/1975_Raleigh_DL1.htm

My Raleigh Triumph was definitely right-front setup and every bike
back to but not including the fixed-gear I learned on (age 5) was too.

I am not sure what I will get for myself yet. Nothing too ambitious
but nothing too cheap either. Something with gear for sure though,
it's been a long time since I used to ride around everywhere in top
gear (and we had some hills where I lived too).

Rich

On Aug 27, 9:24 pm, Richard Thomas dicksonlife.com> wrote:

Whoa! Radical fixed gear riding five year old.

On Tue, 28 Aug 2007 02:53:40 -0000, maxo gmail.com> wrote:

I seem to recall it was annoying. My attempt to cycle backwards didn't
work overly well either.

I was glad when I moved to ratcheting pedals. Brakes were nice too.

I like this page. The guy says he hopes his article will encourage
people to try fixed-gear cycling, right under a picture of body parts
lost to fixed wheel cycles...

http://www.sheldonbrown.com/fixed.html

Rich

On Aug 28, 8:01 pm, Richard Thomas dicksonlife.com> wrote:

Ya can't fix stupid. My rule is to not work on the fixie when drinkin'
Dickel, and no shoelaces.

Saw a super cool ride that Kona's putting out for 08, a bike with an
integrated Extracycle rear end. You can get foot boards and haul a
passenger, or mount four panniers!

On Wed, 29 Aug 2007 18:59:34 -0000, maxo gmail.com> wrote:

What would be the benefits over just adding something to an existing
bicycle ("It's just so frikkin' cool" is an acceptable answer of
course)?

On Aug 29, 8:46 pm, Richard Thomas dicksonlife.com> wrote:

On Thu, 30 Aug 2007 02:26:14 -0000, maxo gmail.com> wrote:

One might also consider a trailer:

http://www.blastsfromthepast.co.uk/gallery/Fgallery4-5.jpg

Rich