Reverse-cabled cockpits - post em up!
03-04-09, 05:31 AM
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03-04-09, 05:34 AM
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Actually I got laid a couple of times this week. Pcad is a Love Machine sometimes, when the Glucosamine is working. As I recall, that's how we made Pcadette, but it's a little fuzzy after all these years.
03-04-09, 05:34 AM
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What kind of strange, other-world marriage is this you speak of that involves actual sex?
Actually I got laid a couple of times this week. Pcad is a Love Machine sometimes, when the Glucosamine is working. As I recall, that's how we made Pcadette, but it's a little fuzzy after all these years.
Actually I got laid a couple of times this week. Pcad is a Love Machine sometimes, when the Glucosamine is working. As I recall, that's how we made Pcadette, but it's a little fuzzy after all these years.
03-04-09, 05:40 AM
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bicycle laws in the US are by state/city/county and rarely national. there is no single traffic/bicycle laws -- they vary.
I think the reason for it is based in the belief that the right hand is dominant for most people and that a quick brake with the dominant would result in an endo over the bars. Of course, this is generally nonsense.
cyclists in the uk typically do right-lever-front brake, but the rest of europe does left-lever-front brake.
just do what you like. I prefer left-lever-front brake because that's what I have always used.
I think the reason for it is based in the belief that the right hand is dominant for most people and that a quick brake with the dominant would result in an endo over the bars. Of course, this is generally nonsense.
cyclists in the uk typically do right-lever-front brake, but the rest of europe does left-lever-front brake.
just do what you like. I prefer left-lever-front brake because that's what I have always used.
03-04-09, 08:27 AM
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03-04-09, 12:30 PM
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I think it's probably more of a decision of US bicycle manufacturers to prevent endo'ing over the front...and it just stuck over the decades even though it doesnt make much sense.
03-04-09, 12:35 PM
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The 'challenge' of reversed cables depends on the frame - if you've got cable stops way up on the DT, you end up with some pretty sharp angles coming out of the handlebars, for example.
Mostly though, I just think right-hand-front-brake setups are nice to look at.
03-04-09, 09:49 PM
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From Sheldon's site: ( https://www.sheldonbrown.com/brakturn.html )
Which Brake Which Side?
There is considerable disagreement as to which brake should be connected to which lever:
Some cyclists say it is best to have the stronger right hand (presuming a right-handed cyclist) operate the rear brake.
Motorcycles always have the right hand control the front brake, so cyclists who are also motorcyclists often prefer this setup.
There are also observable national trends:
In countries where vehicles drive on the right, it is common to set the brakes up so that the front brake is operated by the left lever.
In countries where vehicles drive on the left, it is common to set the brakes up so that the front brake is operated by the right lever.
The theory that seems most probable to me is that these national standards arose from a concern that the cyclist be able to make hand signals, and still be able to reach the primary brake. This logical idea is, unfortunately, accompanied by the incorrect premise that the rear brake is the primary brake.
For this reason, I set my own bikes up so that the right hand controls the front brake, which is not the norm in the U.S.
I also do this because I'm right handed, and wish to have my more skillful hand operate the more critical brake.
Which Brake Which Side?
There is considerable disagreement as to which brake should be connected to which lever:
Some cyclists say it is best to have the stronger right hand (presuming a right-handed cyclist) operate the rear brake.
Motorcycles always have the right hand control the front brake, so cyclists who are also motorcyclists often prefer this setup.
There are also observable national trends:
In countries where vehicles drive on the right, it is common to set the brakes up so that the front brake is operated by the left lever.
In countries where vehicles drive on the left, it is common to set the brakes up so that the front brake is operated by the right lever.
The theory that seems most probable to me is that these national standards arose from a concern that the cyclist be able to make hand signals, and still be able to reach the primary brake. This logical idea is, unfortunately, accompanied by the incorrect premise that the rear brake is the primary brake.
For this reason, I set my own bikes up so that the right hand controls the front brake, which is not the norm in the U.S.
I also do this because I'm right handed, and wish to have my more skillful hand operate the more critical brake.
03-04-09, 10:12 PM
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