View Poll Results: Which side do you mount from?
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Which leg do you swing over first?
11-19-20, 10:58 AM
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Huh?
There is an old British touring short where this gentleman somehow steps over the handlebars to dismount!
The short is somewhere on this site...
it’s the one with the train cars specifically set up for the touring bicyclists.
The short is somewhere on this site...
it’s the one with the train cars specifically set up for the touring bicyclists.
11-19-20, 11:56 AM
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11-19-20, 01:38 PM
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11-19-20, 01:49 PM
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I was hoping for a thread full of non-driveside photos but instead: chaos! You guys are too smart for me. Well done, C&V denizens 
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11-19-20, 07:56 PM
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This side
For skateboarding goofy/mongo foot. Still get crap about it.
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11-19-20, 10:49 PM
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Right leg over standing on the NDS.
Left foot into the clip and strap first.
Then, push and go.
Left foot into the clip and strap first.
Then, push and go.
11-20-20, 04:01 AM
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Hmm...had to think...
1. If from a quick mount, left foot in, push off and right leg over and in.
2. If slow mount, right leg over and clip, push off, left foot in.
3. At stop, left foot out and down.
1. If from a quick mount, left foot in, push off and right leg over and in.
2. If slow mount, right leg over and clip, push off, left foot in.
3. At stop, left foot out and down.
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11-20-20, 04:38 AM
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I am standing on the side I mount from. Sorry non drive side pics are limited. Joe
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11-20-20, 07:30 AM
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11-20-20, 10:12 AM
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Bikes, motorcycles, horses....always from the left.
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11-20-20, 11:00 AM
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11-20-20, 12:04 PM
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While my comment was somewhat in jest, I agree with T-Mar that it is beneficial in an ATB or CX race to mount from either side. From personal experience, when falling or crashing, it is convenient to be able to mount from the side you have fallen to.
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11-20-20, 12:15 PM
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The truth is I have never thought about it before. I do remember that this morning I got on the bike from the left side. When I get on the bike to ride home from the station, I get on it from the right side-- when I pull the bike out of the locker, I'm on the right side of the bike. That's as far back as I can remember.
There is another technique I have witnessed. This was on a 400 km brevet a few years ago. An older gentleman, who apparently had flexibility issues, put his hands on the brake levers, locked the back brake, and pulled the front of the bike back so the front wheel was above the back wheel, the whole bike directly in front of his body. Then he steered the rear wheel between his legs and lowered the front end of the bike down. The saddle came up right where he wanted it, and next thing I knew he was riding away. The whole maneuver took a couple seconds. I don't do this, because I have fenders on my bike.
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11-20-20, 12:17 PM
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I'm in the majority and always mount from the left side by swinging my right leg over the back. The left foot always goes on the pedal first, whether I'm starting off from stationary or doing a rolling cowboy mount. The exact reverse for dismounting, whether I come to a stop first or do a cowboy dismount.
11-20-20, 01:00 PM
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I don't recall this being mentioned here but another consideration..........by mounting from the drive side you'd be less likely to get a chainring tattoo
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11-20-20, 01:51 PM
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I had to go back in time a few years to find a NDS picture. This was how the Competition looked pre-gugificazione.
I have a theory about this.
When I first started riding bicycles, they had kickstands. Kickstands were always on the NDS. Who is going to put the kickstand up, then walk around to the other side of the bike to get on it? Once the habit is formed, it tends to remain.
I have a theory about this.
When I first started riding bicycles, they had kickstands. Kickstands were always on the NDS. Who is going to put the kickstand up, then walk around to the other side of the bike to get on it? Once the habit is formed, it tends to remain.
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11-20-20, 02:12 PM
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I had to go back in time a few years to find a NDS picture. This was how the Competition looked pre-gugificazione.
I have a theory about this.
When I first started riding bicycles, they had kickstands. Kickstands were always on the NDS. Who is going to put the kickstand up, then walk around to the other side of the bike to get on it? Once the habit is formed, it tends to remain.
I have a theory about this.
When I first started riding bicycles, they had kickstands. Kickstands were always on the NDS. Who is going to put the kickstand up, then walk around to the other side of the bike to get on it? Once the habit is formed, it tends to remain.
11-20-20, 02:27 PM
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There's less clutter on the nds. A kickstand mounted behind the bb will get in the way of the chain and inner chainrings. On the rear, it will hit the rd and chain.
11-20-20, 02:30 PM
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You know what, I think you're absolutely right! It would still annoy me in a left-hand-drive country, but that is probably the correct explanation.
11-20-20, 02:47 PM
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I mount/dismount NDS, but I always lean the bike on the NDS. Photos ops are important. So, I do just what you describe and walk around the bike every dam* time.
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11-20-20, 03:36 PM
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I can't be the only one interested in seeing it in detail. Have you posted about it before?
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