Which countries have left hand-rear brake and right hand-front brake
Moderator: robbosmans
RH front brake is normal for UK though a few prefer LH front brake for that euro style.
Wasn't it Tony Rominger who experimented with swapping the cabling on his bike the evening before a mountain stage and next day got the braking wrong and stacked?
Wasn't it Tony Rominger who experimented with swapping the cabling on his bike the evening before a mountain stage and next day got the braking wrong and stacked?
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Yes! I just read that in a biography of Miguel Indurain
Here's a related short video from the BBC today about why the UK drives on the left side. Interesting that most countries did so until not so long ago...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-england ... n-the-left
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-england ... n-the-left
I discovered that when doing a bike tour in Japan Coming from Australia, with right hand front brake, took a tiny bit of brain adjusting. Always check your brakes before riding off when riding a different bike
In Australia we drive on the left, so I always setup my front brake to be operated by the left-hand lever. That means I can use my right arm to indicate a right-hand turn across traffic while still having use of the most effective brake.
With rim brakes, having front lever on the left and rear on the right also gives a better path for both the front and rear brake cables. The front cable exiting from the handlebar tape has less of a curve to get to where it enters the brake arm, and ditto for the rear cable, which always runs down or enters/exits the top tube on the left-hand side.
With rim brakes, having front lever on the left and rear on the right also gives a better path for both the front and rear brake cables. The front cable exiting from the handlebar tape has less of a curve to get to where it enters the brake arm, and ditto for the rear cable, which always runs down or enters/exits the top tube on the left-hand side.
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