Gears
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Hi all can anyone tell me why all bikes (at least the ones ive seen ) have the gears on the right hand side of the bike ???? Thanks in advance.
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If they were on the left the chain would fall off.I don't do smileys.
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Thanks for those excellent answers . It doesnt make any difference to me aegrey i was just curious, is it something to do with design ??? there must be some reason ??dip me in chocolate and throw me to the lesbians0
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seriously.. I'd hazard a guess at:
early cranks/bottom brackets being threaded with a right hand thread on both sides, therefore if it was on the left hand side the crank would unwind itself??
its a feasible answer... :?:2014 Whyte T-129S0 -
why would having the chainrings on the other side make the crank any more likely to unwind itself than having it on the right?0
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if they did the option of either side then production costs would be more expensive, so its standard. Incidently you can get left hand drive stuff for bmx's (to keep the chain etc out of the way if you grind mostly on the right)0
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yeehaamcgee wrote:why would having the chainrings on the other side make the crank any more likely to unwind itself than having it on the right?
on reflection..... Dunno really :oops: Doh :roll:2014 Whyte T-129S0 -
yeehaamcgee wrote:why would having the chainrings on the other side make the crank any more likely to unwind itself than having it on the right?
Probably not the cranks but the fixed gear cog. The first safety bicycles were right hand drive due to the right hand thread being more common. If the ran it on the left hand side they'd have to run a left hand thread or it would just undo it's self under load. They probably never changed it.0 -
Aaaaah. That makes sense, yeah.0
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thats what i meant......2014 Whyte T-129S0
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But they could make them left hand drive if they wanted to, but what would be the point?
What I'd like to see is a 2 wheel drive bike, that would be interesting."Youth's a mask, but it don't last
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Fully-sprung wrote:But they could make them left hand drive if they wanted to, but what would be the point?
What I'd like to see is a 2 wheel drive bike, that would be interesting.0 -
I rode a left hand drive bike once. It went backwards & was almost as uncontrollable as the one with reversed steeringStatistically, Six Out Of Seven Dwarves Aren't Happy0
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I would go with the threading idea, it sounds logical!0