Walk-a-bike Poll

[Zian]

When you dismount and walk with your bike, which side do you walk on?

[Louis]

Non-drive side.

Easier to steer with right hand, away from chain.

[azrider]

Non-drive side.

Easier to steer with right hand, away from chain.

Same

[charliedid]

Pancakes

[Jaybee]

Depends on which side of the bike the trail forces me to dismount on. If not forced to dismount, NDS

[ColonelJLloyd]

NDS.

If it doesn't have fenders I sometimes flip it up onto the rear wheel and walk behind it with both hands on the bars.

[dsimon]

Ditto

[Irishgirl]

Non-drive side.



Easier to steer with right hand, away from chain.



Same


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[AngryScientist]

i bet the norm depends on which side of the body you have dominant. i'm a righty so i grab the stem or saddle nose with my right hand when walking the bike.


edit:

i dont walk my bike. ever.

or coast.

pedal always. on the rivet. always.

[bikinchris]

You are actually asking if riders are left or right handed.

[AJosiahK]

Best response thus far

When I have to dismount I dismount non-drive-side, unless forced to on drive-side. CX habits i guess? I also like to at least try to ride everything. Try being the key word there

i bet the norm depends on which side of the body you have dominant. i'm a righty so i grab the stem or saddle nose with my right hand when walking the bike.


edit:

i dont walk my bike. ever.

or coast.

pedal always. on the rivet. always.

[Mark McM]

You are actually asking if riders are left or right handed.

^^^^^ This.

People often ask: Why the drivetrain is on the right side of the bike? Why not the left side? The answer is: Most people are right handed. What does that have to do with it, you ask? It's simple:

Most people aren't just right handed, they are right side dominant - their right eye is dominant, and their right leg is dominant. Most people kick a ball with their right leg, when they leap they land on their right leg - and when they mount or straddle something (such as a horse or bicycle), they throw their right leg over. To throw the right leg over generally means mounting from the left side. Since most people naturally mount a bike from the left, we also tend to walk a bike from the left. And so, to protect a rider from the drivetrain (when walking or mounting a bike), the drivetrain is on the right.

[Zian]

^^^^^ This.

People often ask: Why the drivetrain is on the right side of the bike? Why not the left side? The answer is: Most people are right handed. What does that have to do with it, you ask? It's simple:

Most people aren't just right handed, they are right side dominant - their right eye is dominant, and their right leg is dominant. Most people kick a ball with their right leg, when they leap they land on their right leg - and when they mount or straddle something (such as a horse or bicycle), they throw their right leg over. To throw the right leg over generally means mounting from the left side. Since most people naturally mount a bike from the left, we also tend to walk a bike from the left. And so, to protect a rider from the drivetrain (when walking or mounting a bike), the drivetrain is on the right.

I was wondering if that's the underlying association. I'm guessing even most left-handed people dismount/walk on the non-drive side since they just adapt to a right handed world. Just seeing some people walk on the drive side recently made me wonder how frequent it is.

[ColonelJLloyd]

You are actually asking if riders are left or right handed.

Is it really that simple? I'm right handed so I can't speak to it, but aren't most lefties pretty used to and adept at living in a "right handed world". A left-handed person walks their bike on the drive side, asserting their left-handed pride and taking extra care to avoid chain stain? I just doubt any left-handed person is not going to use the side that makes most practical sense. I mean, on a bike path left-handed riders don't pass other cyclists on the right do they? I doubt any lefty doesn't have the coordination to walk their bike on the NDS.

[b3pkay]

Left hander here, always dismount and walk on the non drive side...

[Red Tornado]

NDS. Away from chain.

[Seramount]

hmmm, the only time I walk my bike is from the front door to the driveway...after that, I'm on the saddle and pedaling...

[Frankwurst]

I generally walk it from the side that will get me to the beer with the least amount of steps and effort.:beer:

[Jad]

I walk it/run it on the non-drive side. My inclination to be on that side is strong too--in long enough runs in CX races, if forced off the drive side, I'll awkwardly shift around the bike so I can run on the non-drive side.

[Zian]

I want to hear from the 2 drive side folks

[Davist]

another lefty, NDS, and yes, we adapt to the right handed world. What may be a corollary and interesting is which foot forward do you coast with? As a former BMXer, it was hard to learn to jump with either foot forward, naturally I coasted left foot forward (kinda like skateboard/snowboard). Not a big deal on the road of course, but can make a difference off road and especially in the air..

[bcroslin]

gahhhh, I accidentally selected drive side! always non-drive CX dismount!

[William]

You are actually asking if riders are left or right handed.

Being ambi I could go either or. But I do some things lefty and some things righty, in this case I would tend to go left so I would generally be on the drive side...especially if I'm walking the side of a road.






W.

[Zian]

another lefty, NDS, and yes, we adapt to the right handed world. What may be a corollary and interesting is which foot forward do you coast with? As a former BMXer, it was hard to learn to jump with either foot forward, naturally I coasted left foot forward (kinda like skateboard/snowboard). Not a big deal on the road of course, but can make a difference off road and especially in the air..

Ah that's another one! I'm super "regular" footed i.e. left foot forward. I think it definitely comes from growing skateboarding. Even when I coast right foot forward, I find I don't naturally weight my left-foot as much even though it's at the bottom of the stroke.