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Bicycling

sir pball

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Reply to Boxerfan (Reply #1)

Fri Sep 6, 2019, 05:34 PM

Sep 2019

Sorry you had to quit motos, they are fun.

Routinely riding both, I just like consistency - when I panic brake on my bike my left toe involuntarily dips down. I figure it's better to grab the left hard (clutch) and blindly modulate the right...

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Anyone else run "reversed" brakes, right hand front? [View all] sir pball Sep 2019 OP

I used to do that.... Boxerfan Sep 2019 #1

Fair answer sir pball Sep 2019 #2

I did this on my cyclocross bike. Tom Traubert Jun 2020 #3

That's interesting. I never thought about it, but it makes good sense for both reasons. marble falls Jun 2020 #4

welcome to DU gopiscrap Jun 2020 #5