When I get on my MTB I stand on my dominant / stronger leg (right) and swing the left leg over - been doing this for years so find it intuitive and easy.
Don't most people have a dominant / stronger right leg ? If so surely it would have been better with side stands on the right of the bike
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Shirley, you need flexibility and control in the leg going over the bike. The other is just a prop to stand on. You stand on the weaker leg to kick something. I'm right legged and it feels v odd/awkward swinging the weaker leg over.
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Count Steer wrote: ↑Fri May 06, 2022 12:15 pm
Shirley, you need flexibility and control in the leg going over the bike. The other is just a prop to stand on. You stand on the weaker leg to kick something. I'm right legged and it feels v odd/awkward swinging the weaker leg over.
That's how it works for me.
There are other oddities such as right handed people usually have their left hand doing the fretboard work when playing guitar,whereas to Mark Knopfler,as a left hander it feels more natural to have his left hand on the neck,so he doesn't use a lefty guitar.
Thinking about it, I'd get on a hoss from the left too and you do need some strength in the leg to do that. For me it's definitely about the control in the right knee and hip as you fold the leg and raise it. That'd be doubly so on a bike if eg some luggage was strapped on the pillion seat. We need some lefties to say if they'd be better/worse with the stand on the right.
Doubt is not a pleasant condition.
But certainty is an absurd one.
Voltaire
Ditchfinder wrote: ↑Fri May 06, 2022 12:03 pm
Why have they always been on the left?
When I get on my MTB I stand on my dominant / stronger leg (right) and swing the left leg over - been doing this for years so find it intuitive and easy.
Don't most people have a dominant / stronger right leg ? If so surely it would have been better with side stands on the right of the bike
Not if you need that right hand leg to kick start the bike.
Ditchfinder wrote: ↑Fri May 06, 2022 12:03 pm
Why have they always been on the left?
When I get on my MTB I stand on my dominant / stronger leg (right) and swing the left leg over - been doing this for years so find it intuitive and easy.
Don't most people have a dominant / stronger right leg ? If so surely it would have been better with side stands on the right of the bike
Not if you need that right hand leg to kick start the bike.
Count Steer wrote: ↑Fri May 06, 2022 12:15 pm
Shirley, you need flexibility and control in the leg going over the bike. The other is just a prop to stand on. You stand on the weaker leg to kick something. I'm right legged and it feels v odd/awkward swinging the weaker leg over.
That's how it works for me.
There are other oddities such as right handed people usually have their left hand doing the fretboard work when playing guitar,whereas to Mark Knopfler,as a left hander it feels more natural to have his left hand on the neck,so he doesn't use a lefty guitar.
I'm right handed, but handle remotes phones ect better in my left hand, I'm also left footed but can't play the guitar
I always thought it was to match the camber of the road. Sometimes here I've parked the bike and it was almost vertical, so then manoeuvred it so it had a slight lean.
Yorick wrote: ↑Fri May 06, 2022 1:24 pm
I always thought it was to match the camber of the road. Sometimes here I've parked the bike and it was almost vertical, so then manoeuvred it so it had a slight lean.
Doesn’t match the camber of the road in a lot of countries.
Yorick wrote: ↑Fri May 06, 2022 1:24 pm
I always thought it was to match the camber of the road. Sometimes here I've parked the bike and it was almost vertical, so then manoeuvred it so it had a slight lean.
Doesn’t match the camber of the road in a lot of countries.
Yorick wrote: ↑Fri May 06, 2022 1:24 pm
I always thought it was to match the camber of the road. Sometimes here I've parked the bike and it was almost vertical, so then manoeuvred it so it had a slight lean.
Doesn’t match the camber of the road in a lot of countries.
Road in Spain with drainage in the centre!
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That’s because they still shit out of the window in Spain.
Yorick wrote: ↑Fri May 06, 2022 1:24 pm
I always thought it was to match the camber of the road. Sometimes here I've parked the bike and it was almost vertical, so then manoeuvred it so it had a slight lean.
Doesn’t match the camber of the road in a lot of countries.
Only bike I remember having a right hand sidestand is the Harris Laverda Jota.
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Probably its most attractive physical feature.
Most roads I ride in Spain have few, if any, drains. Hence I prefer not to ride when its tipping down, seeing as many cars have no tread apparent on their tyres.
