Karl Butcher Posted May 28, 2008 Report Share Posted May 28, 2008 (edited) This may have been brought up be for but how come Trials/MTB riders dont run leftside drive? or is that a dumb question? Is it just a bmxer thing? or maybe they do but i have not seen it?! Edited May 28, 2008 by Karl Butcher Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greetings Posted May 28, 2008 Report Share Posted May 28, 2008 Probably because there is no need. I mean what's the point? Besides, try explaining to Hope and Chris King that it would be worth their while to make hubs for such a drivetrain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
16 years later Posted May 28, 2008 Report Share Posted May 28, 2008 (edited) look http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Drilled-COG-bolt-to-...1742.m153.l1262 and look http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Brand-New-Shimano-TR...1742.m153.l1262 Bruce Edited May 28, 2008 by 15 years later Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark W Posted May 28, 2008 Report Share Posted May 28, 2008 You'd still be running RHD cranks. You could flip your cranks around, but then your pedals would undo (Trust me, I had to run a RHD crank on the left side for a day and it happened all the time). Main reasons are that you'd have to totally remake derailleurs (Or more specifically the way they're made), cassettes too, the freehubs, you'd have to have the disc tabs on the right, you'd also need to weld the disc mounts on the right and left side of the frames, as well as having the mech hanger on both sides of the frames - it'd be puuuuuure hassle. BMXs are simple as hell, and have easily swapped drive-trains with no need for double-sided mounts for anything, or anything like that. So yeah, it's just simplicity. There's also virtually no need outside of trials (and even then it's debatable) to have it, so it won't happen... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan6061 Posted May 28, 2008 Report Share Posted May 28, 2008 Bmxers just do it because of the side they grind on. Best to have the drive on the opposite side to which you grind on. My mate's just switched to LHD, so he shouldn't be snapping any more chains! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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