Road fixed / fixed road

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chris0

With a road fixed to people generally set up the front brake lever on the same side as on their road bike (i.e. on the right hand side, for most in the UK)?

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lesterama in reply to @chris0

Yes. However, according to an old clubmate, fifty-plus years ago, when UK brake set-up was the norm, most front-only fixed bikes were LHS. He said this was to allow for braking when signalling right. I've always had conti brakes, so never an issue for me.

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chris0 in reply to @lesterama

Thanks. Yes, the signalling right thing was what I remember. Main reason I favour a cross top lever on the LHS. Don't think I can do the same with a drop bar lever, though, being habituated to it on the RHS on road bike.

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