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Boofer Serious Thumper Offline Nearly too old. Posts: 1760 N Ms Gender:	Right curves or Left curves? 09/15/10 at 19:48:39 Hey people. I was on here before, but it got too rough for me. It seems to have become more civil now. My question is this: Given 2 curves one right and one left with the same slope, radius, sight distance...do you prefer to take one faster than the other? I nearly always feel safer leaning left. Please, no political jokes.
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bill67 Serious Thumper Offline old tired Posts: 8517 genoa city wisconsin Gender:	Re: Right curves or Left curves? Reply #1 - 09/15/10 at 19:55:58 left curve for me seems better.
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Reply #2 - 09/15/10 at 19:57:03

Me too... I think it's somehow natural to our being....

Ever notice horse races, dog races, NASCAR, track meets, baseball bases... all run counter clockwise?.... figure skaters always do spins and axle jumps counterclockwise...
I've even read, that rabbits and other animals fleeing danger will eventually veer into a counterclockwise loop...

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Boofer Serious Thumper Offline Nearly too old. Posts: 1760 N Ms Gender:	Re: Right curves or Left curves? Reply #3 - 09/15/10 at 20:19:09 Serow, You made it worse! Now I've got to wondering, does this have to do with our northern hemisphere and the rotation of the earth? Do riders in Australia feel safer in a right hand curve? I won't sleep a wink tonight worrying about this. STM (STM is "smiling to myself" I rarely LOL when typing)
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Reply #4 - 09/15/10 at 21:19:43

Any left handed folks here?I want their answer to this.

When I was a kid & wanted to slam on the brakes on the bike, Id always finish the J hook w/my left foot down & turned left. The pedals on the 10 speed show more asphalt scrapes on the left side & I feel more stable in a left turn, but I get both pegs down hard enough to fold them up far enough to make it hard to keep my foot on them.

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Reply #5 - 09/15/10 at 22:33:44

I'm a total oddy,... I was born a lefty, but because of a family proclivity, and their knowledge of the ways of the right-handed world, I was forced, as an infant, to be a righty....
So,... I ended up right handed, but left footed (soccer), and left eyed (shooting, and video)...

So,... instead of naturally veering left, like all of natures normal creatures...
I stagger in a zig-zag...

...or maybe it's just the booze?... Huh

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Reply #6 - 09/16/10 at 00:49:55

I'm mostly a lefty ... though ambidexterous when it comes to many tasks ... am right-footed and swing a hockey stick (baseball bat, golf club, etc.) from the right as well as throw a ball with my right arm ... though use a pool cue from the left and shoot a rifle from the left shoulder ... Where were we?? Oh yes ... preference for curves going left or right? I would have to say that I probably am capable of making a left curve on the Bike faster and with more lean angle than a right one ... so left!

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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: Right curves or Left curves? Reply #7 - 09/16/10 at 02:29:16 Dangitt, Id give my right arm to be ambidextrous...
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bill67 Serious Thumper Offline old tired Posts: 8517 genoa city wisconsin Gender:	Re: Right curves or Left curves? Reply #8 - 09/16/10 at 04:35:47 I never had any trouble switching hands.
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runwyrlph Serious Thumper Offline Semper ubi sub ubi Posts: 846 pa Gender:	Re: Right curves or Left curves? Reply #9 - 09/16/10 at 06:06:14 well if it's the same curve in the same road,( right curve going to work - left coming home )- you're on the outside of the turn going left = not as tight = can go faster. Also you're in a better mood coming home if it's 2 diff curves with identical radii - i dunno i'd say no diff.
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Reply #10 - 09/16/10 at 06:07:52

Absolutely left for me too! I'm naturally right-handed but have plenty of left-dominant things too. My husband is left-handed, so I'll ask him about the curves too, and ask the guys at work that ride also.

It is an interesting phenomenon. I bet it does have to do with earth's rotation, etc though... (and Bot's drinking problem Wink

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runwyrlph Serious Thumper Offline Semper ubi sub ubi Posts: 846 pa Gender:	Re: Right curves or Left curves? Reply #11 - 09/16/10 at 06:10:47 as for the racing direction - it was my understanding that the British raced horses clockwise in American colonial times. The Yankees switched to racing in the opposite direction to show their disdain for all things Hanoverian!
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bill67 Serious Thumper Offline old tired Posts: 8517 genoa city wisconsin Gender:	Re: Right curves or Left curves? Reply #12 - 09/16/10 at 06:23:59 I think left works best because when your in a car you can see the road out your window but not on the other side.I think we get used to that over the years.
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Arnold Serious Thumper Offline The dude abides... Posts: 896 Westchester, NY Gender:	Re: Right curves or Left curves? Reply #13 - 09/16/10 at 06:37:42 I dont think I have a preference, but if I had to choose I would say left as well because the muffler's on the right.
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Reply #14 - 09/16/10 at 06:45:45

Boofer wrote on 09/15/10 at 20:19:09:

Serow,
You made it worse! Now I've got to wondering, does this have to do with our northern hemisphere and the rotation of the earth? Do riders in Australia feel safer in a right hand curve? I won't sleep a wink tonight worrying about this. STM (STM is "smiling to myself" I rarely LOL when typing)

ABSOLUTELY
Watch the water drain out of the sink or tub; it swirls CCW, as do storms in the northern hemisphere.
Go south of the equater and everything spins CW

It is the natural flow of things and so it does feel better for us to go L vs R in this hemisphere.

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