Sorry, I had to look that up because I didn't know what you meant by being pedantic, but I'm afraid I still don't understand. Anyway I didn't mean to dispute your information, only the assumption that left hand threads are so terribly uncommon. They are in fact quite common on bicycles most bikes have at least 2. If you meant I was being unnecessarily argumentative, then you'd be right. It IS Monday and this IS the intarweb after all.