Originally Posted by
Artkansas
It's good to have your signaling arm on the same side as the front brake. That way you can do the rear brake with one hand and slow while signaling. I don't know if people have tried one-handed braking. But mashing on the front brake while having only one hand on the handlbars is a recipe for disaster, where as one-handed braking with the rear brake is much more controllable.
Or, ya know, practice until you get good at it.
All of my bikes are set up right/front. It's saved my bacon more than once. It's tremendously handy to be able to brake, signal, and shift all at the same time