Originally Posted by
surreal
it might, but the reason your left-side crankarm is reverse threaded is to prevent the natural pedaling forces from untightening your pedal. If you switch your normal-guy rightside crank to the left side, the pedal will still be standard threaded, and (theoretically) this could loosen the pedal as you turn the cranks. Should take a good, long time if your pedals are spinning nicely. OF course, this would hold true for the other side, as well. I reckon someone will try to call BS, but there's got to be some reason why left crank arms are reverse-threaded, and most ppl agree that this is why.
-rob
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