I'm just looking to see if anyone rides with their brakes "moto style," which means the front brake is controlled with your right hand. Please include your style of riding (DH race, freeride, misc.) and your location in the world.
moto style for me. I ride mostly aggressive all mountain.
I'm in the southeastern U.S.
Mine comes from the fact that I've been racing motocross since I was 5 and GNCC for about 6 years. Also, I think it all started when I was in middle school and on the Freestyle BMX phase. My first freestyle bike had cheap-o brakes and I couldn't manage to clamp down the front brake with my left hand. Swapped em around because my right hand seemed stronger (probably the result of multiple injuries to my left wrist) and haven't went back since.
I'm just looking to see if anyone rides with their brakes "moto style," which means the front brake is controlled with your right hand. Please include your style of riding (DH race, freeride, misc.) and your location in the world.
I run moto on all my bikes DH and XC.....like pedro it comes from many years of motocross racing and sportbike riding....for me the front brake has to be on the right!
Here in the UK, left brake lever is set up for rear and right brake lever is for front brakes... I've never ridden a bike the other way around. Often us Brits are warned if we hire a bike abroad to watch out for the 'wrong way round' brakes : )
But I am curious to know if anyone has made the switch from American "normal" to "Euro" style? Especially with all the kids trying to be like Sam Hill and all.
I switch btwn my DH bike and Moto every weekend of the riding season. I run MX righty front and DH righty rear. I don't find it a problem at all to swap around, but of course I am Super Awesome.
Right hand front, because I have a retarded left hand that only knows 2 positions on the lever, open and closed. Figure it's better to be grabbing too much rear brake, than too much front brake.
I run "moto" I guess, been riding motor bikes (street and dirt) since I was 10 and I grew up in NZ where its the "norm" on bicycles, right hand is the front brake, I know nothing else, and that almost killed me when I took my first bike for a test ride here in Canadia... lol :eekster: :eekster:
I'd change because I'm better at modulating with my right hand.
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