Left-side drive!
02-01-11 | 05:39 PM
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Left-side drive!
Stumbled across this https://cgi.ebay.com/Trek-Road-Bike-/...item4aa82d0a73
Makes you wonder..
Although it's probably just a flipped image.
Makes you wonder..
Although it's probably just a flipped image.
02-01-11 | 05:42 PM
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Web cams do that, so as not to confuse the user.
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02-01-11 | 05:47 PM
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What??? Only 2 wheels?
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Oh, very clever. The guy obviously photographed the wrong side of the bike, and rather than re-shoot it he just flipped the picture. 
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02-01-11 | 05:52 PM
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I've kinda been mulling over flipping my fixed gear...
02-01-11 | 06:05 PM
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What??? Only 2 wheels?
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(I was being silly.)
On the other hand, it adds new meaning to the term "flipping".
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02-01-11 | 06:06 PM
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02-01-11 | 06:58 PM
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I did that with a fixed gear once. It was a one piece BB that I got an adapter to make it a three piece. Unfortunately I wasn't paying attention and installed the adapter backwards, then immediately stripped the bolts that hold it in place. This meant that the BB had to be put in backwards and thus the crank and wheel had to be backwards. It was fine for a fixed gear and I got a few questions about it, but most people didn't notice.
02-01-11 | 07:34 PM
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02-01-11 | 07:39 PM
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02-01-11 | 08:29 PM
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this thing is almost as rare as a Ferrari Red '81 Bianchi NouvO Alloro (not those trashy NouvA Alloros LOL) I bet it sell for close to 10K LOL
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02-01-11 | 08:31 PM
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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.
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02-01-11 | 08:35 PM
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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.
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02-01-11 | 08:36 PM
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02-01-11 | 08:42 PM
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It's French. If the BB hasn't unwound itself by now, I think I'll be okay with backward pedals...