At 7:52 AM -0800 1/10/06, Jerome & Elizabeth Moos wrote:
>The standard story is that when swords were the primary weapons, men
>wore swords on their left hips, making it easier to draw the sword
>with the right hand. Mounting a horse from the right would have
>dragged the sword or its scabbard across the horse's flanks, perhaps
>causing him to bolt.
Not to mention the risk of the rider getting his leg tangled up with
the scabbard!
> Mounting from the left avoided this...
> Likewise, there are always a few contrarian cyclists
> about who will experiment with left hand drive bikes.
Who would be that nutty?
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