Received: by 10.50.36.199 with SMTP id s7mr3521941igj.3.1348523765285; Mon, 24 Sep 2012 14:56:05 -0700 (PDT) X-BeenThere: bicyclelifestyle@googlegroups.com Received: by 10.50.209.99 with SMTP id ml3ls4450397igc.2.gmail; Mon, 24 Sep 2012 14:56:02 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.42.33.9 with SMTP id g9mr5750538icd.25.1348523762540; Mon, 24 Sep 2012 14:56:02 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.42.33.9 with SMTP id g9mr5750537icd.25.1348523762523; Mon, 24 Sep 2012 14:56:02 -0700 (PDT) Return-Path: Received: from mail-ob0-f169.google.com (mail-ob0-f169.google.com [209.85.214.169]) by gmr-mx.google.com with ESMTPS id us14si1485321igb.3.2012.09.24.14.56.02 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Mon, 24 Sep 2012 14:56:02 -0700 (PDT) Received-SPF: pass (google.com: domain of cycle...@gmail.com designates 209.85.214.169 as permitted sender) client-ip=209.85.214.169; Authentication-Results: gmr-mx.google.com; spf=pass (google.com: domain of cycle...@gmail.com designates 209.85.214.169 as permitted sender) smtp.mail=cycle...@gmail.com; dkim=pass header...@gmail.com Received: by mail-ob0-f169.google.com with SMTP id va7so2407161obc.28 for ; Mon, 24 Sep 2012 14:56:02 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; bh=3hEXzXwaZtnHfOZmiXnn4lLTWRDHL55qKK9dRRgJjvs=; b=dGokE/GHe8ULik8Rt0VQhQGC/S+hqloX9j7l0TzxMh9JGr5dur8C36XIWsGhel2Uf5 4wlz5Gu3+oFlzRQLWqOMl7uj++qTSVNZuHxHXtZmSPCWiPlQYm/fCnyVucS2XqnSPq6x /QUq23WFfRxkvWzkKgN+akYPHtKmVGXwXm79Y+cjbpftlUgYs+6ZFhpPmO9Zb5JDbDWs ib+QrthqL1RkbXQoMAsqhpBidGXXbJ/3JW/tZ4+7bCbenz97yN0kRj/rMM0CGFuNyJJL RdkyzWJm4tLJsOIu/dOyt1vSnQ+v5SDndYTShxs8nzvU9YklaiFLE62DVXGqUXcEGBy3 eLEg== MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.182.76.164 with SMTP id l4mr11172353obw.65.1348523762300; Mon, 24 Sep 2012 14:56:02 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.60.32.9 with HTTP; Mon, 24 Sep 2012 14:56:02 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: <17af91bc-6910-425b-87ba-457d0881a8d6@googlegroups.com> Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2012 14:56:02 -0700 Message-ID: Subject: Re: {BL} Re: Why is the Drivetrain Where it is? From: dwight brown To: bicyclelifestyle@googlegroups.com Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=f46d044787afd2b80304ca79a7e8 --f46d044787afd2b80304ca79a7e8 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Long ago, I heard the explanation that folks were accustomed to mounting a horse from the left and thus the drive was put on the right side of the bicycle. On reflection it seems that would really only make a difference to equestrians taking up cyclocross Dwight On Mon, Sep 24, 2012 at 2:45 PM, colinthehippie wrote: > Threading, folks, threading. Generally better for things to get >> tighter than to fall off while riding. >> > > Couldn't you just use left-handed threads? Maybe you're right, but the > reasoning isn't as rock solid as I had hoped. But it's pretty good. I was > thinking it might be a prejudice against left-handed folks. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Bicycle Lifestyle" group. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msg/bicyclelifestyle/-/QlnH-Pm1nt0J. > > To post to this group, send email to bicyclelifestyle@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > bicyclelifestyle+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/bicyclelifestyle?hl=en. > --f46d044787afd2b80304ca79a7e8 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Long ago, I heard the explanation that folks were accustomed to mounting a = horse from the left and thus the drive was put on the right side of the bic= ycle. =A0
On reflection it seems that would really only make a differen= ce to equestrians taking up cyclocross
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On Mon, Sep 24, 2012 a= t 2:45 PM, colinthehippie <colinthehip...@gmail.com> = wrote:
Threading, folks, threading. Generally better for things to get
tighter= than to fall off while riding.
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Couldn't you just use=A0left-handed threads?=A0 Maybe you= 9;re right, but the reasoning isn't as rock solid as I had hoped.=A0 Bu= t it's pretty good.=A0=A0I was thinking it might be a prejudice against= left-handed folks.

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