Pretty sure you’re right. Except somehow the bike I learned on only had the one brake. Right hand, but back wheel, contrary to the default. Fairly sure it wasn’t from outside the UK, but it had belonged to a relative so maybe they moved it?
When I got a bike with brakes for both wheels, my instincts nearly catapulted me over the handlebars more than once.
Huh. It was seemingly random where I am. Always interesting to see what’s standardized around the world. Smaller/less important markets are full of stuff that are initially designed for specific faraway places.
In UK it’s opposite I think
Pretty sure you’re right. Except somehow the bike I learned on only had the one brake. Right hand, but back wheel, contrary to the default. Fairly sure it wasn’t from outside the UK, but it had belonged to a relative so maybe they moved it?
When I got a bike with brakes for both wheels, my instincts nearly catapulted me over the handlebars more than once.
Common for BMX to only have the one, typically on the back for skids (and possibly for stopping kids firing themselves over the bars)
This wasn’t a BMX. It was a child-sized Raleigh that was built like a tank and had solid rubber tyres.
A BMX would have been a lot cooler.
Huh. It was seemingly random where I am. Always interesting to see what’s standardized around the world. Smaller/less important markets are full of stuff that are initially designed for specific faraway places.
Grew up with two bikes which had alternating brake arrangements. To this day, I sweat sometimes when coming to a fast stop