Thread: New Bike Delivered. Want to swop brakes over to opposite sides
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Old 11-30-11, 12:36 PM
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I believe the primary reason bicycles have the front brake lever on the left and rear on the right is that the shifters are also front/left and right/rear. Easier to keep things straight that way but there are many that reverse them.
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