Have any of you ever switched the front brake lever so that it works on the back brake and switched the foot brake lever so that it works on the front brake? What are the downfalls of doing so?

 

This might sound like a silly question, but why would you want to do this???[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-confused.gif[/img]

 

The downfall to me is id flip the first time i came down a hill backwards lol [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-happy.gif[/img]

 

I am used to riding bicycles and everytime I hit the hand brake I think it is the rear brake. Plus, if you are sliding around a turn going left and are running a little hot, you can't slow down because your right foot is off of the brake and the front brakes don't work too well if you are really leaning and turning. It seems that I tend to use the rear brake more than the front, so why not have it more accessible. I might have my right foot off the pegs, but hopefully I will have both hands on the handlebars. If you come down a hill backwards then all you would have to do is hit the footbrake since hopefully you would be over the seat when hillclimbing. I know that this might be thinking a little too much out of the box, but I was hoping that you guys could help me brainstorm some reasons why and why not to do this.

 

Anyone? Bueller? Bueller? Bueller?

 

Isn't your right hand brake lever on your bicycle also for the front brake? If you switch it then you would really be confused. Or then again maybe I'm confused.

 

No when you ride a bike, the right hand brake is your rear brake and the left hand brake is your front brake.