[CR]Re: Right side mounting

(Example: History:Ted Ernst)

Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2006 15:53:30 -0500 (EST)
From: <wheelman@nac.net>
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: [CR]Re: Right side mounting

Just had to chime in on this one. Right hand drive train on bicycles is a modern day adaptation. It could have just as well be left sided. The very first bikes had no bias at all. The boneshaker, Hi-Wheel, even the racing Hi-Wheel bikes had no chain and were front wheel direct drive. If there were any validity to one side being chosen over the other for such reasons as I have heard so far then we should all have our car steering wheels on the right side and enter from the left. Rubbish! It is what it is by coincidence or the desire to standardize. No hokus pokus or White Knight stories even if they sound romantic.

Ray Homiski
Elizabeth, NJ