Originally Posted by
Biker395
I had that thought too. Most are right handed, and the front brake is more critical than the rear brake. So why does everyone do it the other way?
Not everyone
Victor,
All my bikes are set up with the front brake on the right (surprised you never noticed
). The other advantage was that when Jackie and I were in Scotland, all the hire (rental) bikes were set up with right-front . . . well, really, all the bikes in the U.K. are set up that way. So no change for me!
To the
OP: Yes, I work on all my own bikes (and my wife's bikes) and only go to the shop when I need something done that I don't own the correct tools for that job. Like: pressing in BB30 cups and a huge (well, too large for my press) lower fork crown. Oh, well, yes and a "fine-tune" on a new SRAM red "Yaw" front derailluer.
Rick / OCRR