REAR BRAKE LEVER ON WHAT SIDE..? Definitive answer required pls

[factory pilot]

it feels completely un-natural  

I hear all girls say this when you enter them...!!

Does everything have to go down that road Rich?     i think i need a rest 

the answers are yes and yes mate

[leehunt1]

I feel this thread peaked with Alex's answer then went rapidly down hill.

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Once we have got the answer the classroom behaviour starts 

[Devilock]

I feel this thread peaked with Alex's answer then went rapidly down hill.

Lika most threads on RAD
Once we have got the answer the classroom behaviour starts 

Yes but dont have too much fun...

[leehunt1]

We will be made to do this next..

[GavinDavis]

Starting off with Lee 

100 lines..... "I will not put my rear lever on the right hand side" 

[garran]

i put it on the right once but every time i tried to do an endo i pulled a skid, so i put it back

[Betty]

Left

[griff]

LEFT 

I did try it once on the other side but was very dangerous

[Glynnyboy]

When I built my Robinson & my haro I ran left. When I built my team aero pro I ran right.
I was more comfortable with it on the right because I felt more in control giving my right hand the two jobs to deal with as I am right handed.
The TAP was the only bike out of the three I didn't end up falling off 

[Mdbh]

Put it on the reet side! Which is the right!!;)

[hunterdubber]

3 pages of varied answers


The Conclusion ?  


British way =  lefty

American way  = Righty


Show bikes ? It doesn't matter eitherway  


So ultimately  

Do what suits you    

[BMX1973]

Never new that, but it does make great sense. 

I used to swap the sides round   

for bikes being cycled on the road, in the UK they have the rear brake on the left. This is so if you are turning right, and are in the middle of the road with your right arm singling right, you can still pull the rear brake. (its a bit twitchy if you pull the front brake when you only have one hand on the bars). In the USA, and other places where you drive on the other side of the road, this is reversed.
This is the ONLY reason to have a brake on a particular side. Other than that ..... put it where YOU want it