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Phil W Lee wrote:
Joerg considered Fri, 26 Sep 2014
12:01:29 -0700 the perfect time to write:

Phil W Lee wrote:
Joerg considered Thu, 25 Sep 2014
15:44:48 -0700 the perfect time to write:

James wrote:
On 26/09/14 07:40, Joerg wrote:
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BTW, I have a road bike custom built in Europe (Germany), early 80's,
all high-end stuff back then. It has the front brake on the left.

Good for you. I have used 5 custom made road bikes, all of which had
the front brake on the right.

My guess is that most people's right hand is stronger than their left,
and they have better motor skills to apply the brake better with the
right hand. YMMV.

Where are you living? In the UK? After all, they are driving on the
wrong side of the road :-)

duck and run
As well you might.
We did win at Waterloo you know.

One shall not rest on the laurels :-)


BTW, it just occurred to me that even my Bacchetta has a right front
brake, and has had from new.

That's made in the US.

AFAIK they only make recumbents. I do not know what's customary there
and have never ridden one. But if any regular US bike would be shipped
with reversed brake handles that manufacturer would open themselves to
lawsuits should something happen.

If they shipped it to the UK, they'd have to put the brake levers the
right way round, or it would be illegal for them to sell it.
Even if nothing at all happened.
It's illegal to offer for sale a bicycle with the brakes connected the
wrong way round in the UK.
This explains why right front is the default in most of the world,
since we supplied most of the world with it's bicycles for much of the
20th century.


I think you are clinging to an era long, long gone.

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Regards, Joerg

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