okay thanks for remembering me where I got all those newb marks.

When I get to work I dismount my bike to the left as the door opens from the right. When I get home I dismount to the right as the back gate opens from the left. At lights I don't think about it and unclip whichever foot is at the top of the stroke. If you have ever had a dirtbike with a 38" seat height you quickly get used to dismounting on whichever side has higher ground (you also get used to low speed tip-overs).

ask your mom

Left.

Could be since I'm regular footed (left forwards) when snowboarding; could come from riding motorcycles where I'm used to keeping my right foot on the rear brake.

Good point - that makes total sense. Otherwise you'd get off the bike, then have to go to the other side to kick the stand down.

That aside, the reason for the kick-stand being on the left side is probably due to most people feeling more natural dismounting to the left....

I'm right-handed, and snowboard "regular", meaning that as I am going down the hill, my left foot is usually forward, and I am more or less facing to the right. (The opposite stance for a snowboarder, leading with the right foot, is called "goofy". Seriously.) But if I am kicking a football, or punting it, I use my left leg, which I think is the opposite from what most right-handed people would do....

i have the bad habit of unclipping on the right side, then getting big cat 5 tattoos all over my calf.

I clip out on the left- mostly just to balance things out, since I'm usually waving with my right hand.

Left

yes. back in the day, most of us carried our swords on the left hip, so it was easier to swing the right leg over the saddle. that's why iron horses have kickstands on the left and hot exhaust pipes on the right.

Sadly I always unclip with my right and put my left foot down. Sadly, because the first time I went mountain biking my front tire went over a rock, rock moved and I fell. A bush caught me, but there was a 50 ft drop below.

Left. I swing my right leg behind the bike and over to the left side, riding just the left pedal for at least a few feet, or like 50 feet, depends. I've always done that, don't know why. It's fun I guess.

Unclip on the right side holding the tandem upright; unclip the left foot; stoker dismounts and I swing my right leg over the handlebars. I've found when I'm cramping swinging my right leg bent over the stoker's bullhorn bars virtually guarantees a cramp.

Left side

"Yucky greasy?" You must not be cleaning your drive train often enough.

Mostly right side, but I'm comfortable either way.

Left most of the time, right is only slightly awkward. I'm right handed and left legged.

Sometime it's fun to unclip both cleats simultaneously and hop off the back.

I allways ride side saddle, so there is no dismounting involved.

Please post a list of topics which you think are useful and we'll be sure to discuss just those. On behalf of the Interwebz, I apologize.

Hao - left side for me as well, although I really need to learn to get better at dismounting on the other side so that in the event of a clipless-booboo, I dont fall in the path of traffic when riding in left-hand drive countries.

V.

Left or else all heck breaks loose.

Actually she would say, you rode your bike for 40 miles? Is your car broken? Do you not have money to fix it?

Left side every time.

Whether that's true or not, it makes total sense.

right.

I unclipped and dismounted on the left once at a rest stop in a century ride and fell down in front of 20 cyclists.

It is also a habit at a stop light where I unclip right and put my foot on the pedestrain island or the curb.

Left, and in cross there's a good reason for it: It keeps the drivetrain off your body when you pick up the bike and helps you to not bash bikes with other riders.

That's an awesome theory.