Left Hand Bikes
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Gekigengar
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you mean on the right... right..
bluewonder2
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just a theory.
Just like hands, we have a prefered foot, usually right. So maybe it's on the right because the majority of people are right leg biased.
Just like hands, we have a prefered foot, usually right. So maybe it's on the right because the majority of people are right leg biased.
DownhillerDeano
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And Im sure if MTB's were standard pratice to have the drive train on the left side (right! lol), then someone would ask why is it on the LHS and not the RHS
leitch
Feelin' a bit rrranty
wow. great observation, einstein!
DownhillerDeano
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were you being sarcastic leitch? lmao. or paying me out, hehe
leitch
Feelin' a bit rrranty
i was being sarcasticwere you being sarcastic leitch? lmao. or paying me out, hehe
one would assume that this guys post was not infact a "why not LHD" thread, but rather he was more wondering why it was chosen to be one side not the other (pretty random thing to wonder - who the hell knows?!), and was not dependent on the fact that (most) bikes are RHD 
thecat
NSWMTB, Central Tableland MBC
If you put them on the left they'd get in the way of the brakes.....
DownhillerDeano
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I'm not gonna say put the brakes on the right then, leitch might make me look like more of a tool. lol
lol
Disturbed.Rider
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P.streets have LHD, has anyone ever heard of putting disc brakes on the right hand side?
DownhillerDeano
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The GT gearbox bikes have the rear brakes on the right
Disturbed.Rider
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Awseome, is that just a normal brake with a custom hanger? Would it even need a custom hanger?
aaron01
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I'd say you were looking at a flip flop hub, normally reserved to single speeders who want 2 gears the wheels gets turned around & bang an extra cog, Have also see a setup with flip flop hubs front & rear with 4 different cogs on a Surly Pugsly.
I know a few guys who use single speeds in the 110km epic use a flip flop so they can get the extra couple of teeth for the road sections.
Downside is I believe you can only use rim brakes as theres nowhere to mount the disc, but I could be wrong.
Sam.
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Bit of a thread hijack here, but when I started building my BMX up after I painted it a few days ago I decided to put it LHD (just to be unique). I then continued to put it togeher and even put the chain back together. I then pedalled it forward and realised when I pedalled forward it freewheels anyway now it is RHD but I was wondering if there is anything in the hub that you can do to make it LHD,ie switch something around?
Cheers, Sam
anyway now it is RHD but I was wondering if there is anything in the hub that you can do to make it LHD,ie switch something around? Cheers, Sam
aaron01
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Turn it into a fixie[$@M];917842 said:Bit of a thread hijack here, but when I started building my BMX up after I painted it a few days ago I decided to put it LHD (just to be unique). I then continued to put it togeher and even put the chain back together. I then pedalled it forward and realised when I pedalled forward it freewheels
Cheers, Sam