Lefty

people ride for many reasons. if you ride to look cool or because everyone else does, oh well. i ride and built this bike because i enjoy it, period. lsd was something i wanted. if the shit falls apart while i ride, my dumb ass fault. i built it to ride and ride it i do. if you like it cool, if not, so be it.

there are a lot of great bikes on this site and the owners should be high on that. then there are people who take pictures of thier parts not even a complete bike, just to say i spent a butt load of cash for these parts that i can't ride, till i spend more to put it together.

i'm steppin off the box.

thanks gully for the positive comments.

Just curious. Why is that?

Edit: Never mind I got it now. The crank threads (and the cog threads) are designed to get tighter with riding. If you switch it up, it will get looser as you ride.

none...that i know of. i did it for something different. some may feel it was a wrong move but we all have an opinion...good or bad. thanks for the positive comment.

thanks. now that i have been riding it for a few weeks the only changes i want to make are the saddle and gearing. i have had no issues with the set-up.

Uh, care to explain how running a LSD has anything to do with cog threads?

Sure Greg! I'll gladly explain, although the pedal thread issue should be enough in itself to dissuade riders from installing their cranks backward.

Running "LSD" has a lot to do with cog threads!

When you flip your rear wheel around, the threads become oriented in the wrong direction. In other words, pedaling applies unscrewing force to the cog instead of tightening force. Although the reverse threaded lock ring may or may not prevent the cog from spinning completely off, you will run the risk of damaging the hub threads.

With these risks, it is difficult to imagine any reason to install your crank and wheel backward. Installing these components in their intended manner is far more reliable and safe. I understand that many people strive to make their bike different, but it would be difficult for anyone to build a viable case for backward installation of drive train components.

Don't confuse this with the true LSD systems you see on some BMX bikes. The LSD BMX components are designed to be used that way, with reverse threaded pedal bosses and specially designed cassette hubs or freewheels (such as the ACS Southpaw). There is no such system for fixed 700c bicycles that I am aware of, although we can expect to see them start to pop up as aggressive fixed gear street riding gains popularity.

Greg told me he was OK with constructive critisism. I guess not when it is directed at him. Either he is a very big proponent of dangerous backward drivetrain instalation, or he is embarrased that I exposed him as imbicile when it comes to bicycle mechanics. Either way, the above post prompted him to delete my profile and ban my IP address.

When I sent a similar post to another member with a backward drive train, he sent me a PM thanking me for the heads up and corrected his drivetrain hazzard. Greg, on the other hand, who I suspect weilds little to no authority in his offline existance felt a need to silence he who dared to undermine his (meager) knowledge.

Notice that Greg (in a sarcastic tone) asked me for an explanation. I gave one, he banned me. Greg, you are a bitch in my book.

Hey Eric, I'm going to leave this rant of your's up so everyone can see it, now that you've been banned outright.

I didn't ban you for any comments you posted on a bike on this site.

I banned you for sending a private message to a velospace user in which you called him, and I quote, a 'filthy homosexual arab.'

Hate speech is not tolerated in any form on velospace. You promoted hate speech in private messages on this site. You are gone.

greg, sometimes you gotta call em like you see em

being pc is never any fun

Some people are just born winners.

yeah that dude shouldnt be racist, but he is right about the danger of all that left hand drive stuff. its cool looking but not enough to chance getting wrecked. oh well if you dont ride that much then i guess you have no worries right?

good luck holmes!

minimum 16 miles a day commute to work

well i guess you got everything figured out ah?

only for a moment

since there isn't any real tension on them to come unscrewed there's not much to worry about, but loctite red is used. you do have to swap the spindles thou as well (left to right).

Well, the motion of the pedals *will* cause them to come unscrewed (barring loctite, I imagine). That's why one side is left threaded.

you are correct !