Sid_Smith@baxter.com wrote:
> Subject: Re: [CR]Right/left caveat
> To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
> Date: Sat, 31 Aug 2002 09:01:48 -0500
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> Actually, it's not impossible to set up a left hand crankset and I've seen
> it done in rare cases. You do forego using a freewheel or freehub, as the
> cog is of necessity a fixie. Putting the chainwheel on the left only
> requires a long enough spindle or a forgiving chainstay geometry, or some
> combination thereof.
>
> Sid Smith
> In sultry Lake Forest, IL (finally!)
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Sid:
It's even easier than you might imagine - just take a track drivetrain and mount it all mirror-image on your track bike (except the BB cups for most thread types, natch), including the rear wheel, switch the pedal spindles right for left, and Presto! - left-hand drive.
I've never done it personally, and I'd strongly recommend something like Loctite in the hub lockring threads, and in the pedal threads unless you use tandem (front) crank arms so you don't have to mount the hybrid pedals, but it's a bolt-in setup...... Not sure why anyone would want/need to do it, but hey, whatever floats your boat.....
Greg Parker
A2 MI USA