Check out trackc#unt's Pog on velospace, it's pretty sweet.
http://velospace.org/node/882

Ionno *shrug* maybe it's partly in the mind too, but it feels LS heavy - could've sworn the RS chainstays are cut-away near the BB join to accept a double/triple which they're not on the left. My frame is the same (I still roll with the double on here, too, yeah!), whether this is actually makes the difference, I don't know - I've not ridden a non-conversion fixed gear.

Either way, wheels/frame/whatever, it's off balance compared to a RS bike, probably just his bike I guess. I know his chainring comes mighty close to the frame on the left side, which wouldn't happen on the right. Surely the dish would be the same, as all he did was flip the wheel around in the drop outs. Again, I dunno - I've ridden it and can only base it off that and what he tells me.

If his fork is at all bent, that could make his bike feel unstable. I can barely ride my (undetectable to the naked eye) bent fork Traveler no handed

Yeah Im serious about that m8.

I'll admit I started this thread too a while back. I have thought about using different sized chainrings and cogs on each side, maintaining the same gear ratio.

When i want useless extra weight i just carry it in my bag.

or around your belly.

I wish, my body refuses to add fat. :(

Thank you! I get **** all the time from people, no matter how many times I need to explain keeping my weight let alone gaining more takes a lot of work.

this is news to me....:rolleyes:

Your bike doesn't even get invited to birthday parties anymore. You want to alienate it further from the rest of the class?

Something about this seems creepy...I have no idea why...

i just want to see a man 'running' down the street riding that thing.

I want to see what happens when the linkage breaks and those "crankarms" hit the pavement, pole vaulting the rear of the bike and sending the seat skyward. Yowza!

you can do it fie if you get lsd bmx cranks i think primo makes some that are relatively ok looking. You could single speed it fine if you got a lsd casset hub allso bmx ....

ya see?

thats the kinda mad scientist stuff I'd ride.......

thats just like so stupid, I think I'm gunna do it myself :D

Take a second and go check out exactly what that set-up is.

It's on Sheldon's site.

this guy...

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2096/...65383626f2.jpg

Ohhh, maybe. I was thinking it was this:

http://www.sheldonbrown.com/bichain-fixed-free.html

hey flim flam. just to let you know, since I put the spd's on with the axels swapped there is no lock-tite in my bike whatsoever. Mackey at cycle solutions advised me against it and I haven't had any problems with loose pedals. also; I had to flip the bolts the hold my chainring to my crank, for the backs of the bolts stuck out too far and hit the rear stay. the heads don't stick out as far and clearance in that area is a real problem. but I have pretty much run a small groove in the stay from riding so it is ok now. btw my fork is not at all bent, the bike handled beautifully before the left side conversion (although it was a geared bike before that) and now it naturallly just wants to lean left. I think that my stem might have a slight lean towards the left sid, and that might explain it. but it does have a significant pull to the left side as I also have a significant lean to the right when going it no handed.

A few months back I tried left side drive for about a week. Lots of strange noises came from my bottom bracket before I switched back. Also, one of my pedals started unscrewing itself. It was kinda fun and different but not worth the trouble IMO. The biggest benefit I got out of the whole deal was that my left pant leg finally got some chain grease stains to match the right.

FINALLY someone with an answer as to the "why" to doing this.

I did it cuz I am left handed and I wanted a machine that ppl would notice. and since I don't have all kinds of money to buy all the best stuff to turn heads, I did something I had never seen before

Go Bike Co-op!

OHHHH!!!! That's why???? I thought it was because bmx bikes do it and fixed gears want to be bmx bikes...