Panniers; left or right?

[email hidden] wrote on Wednesday 08 February 2006 14:37:

Quoted message said:

All,
Perhaps a stupid question; but when riding with one rear pannier
(every day, more or less); I always put the right (right hand side)
one on. (To encourage slightly more clearance from drivers).

This morning I walked to work; and was passed by 6 cyclists with
left-only panniers. I appreciate that they may not all have given it
much (any?) thought; but why so many lefties?

6-0 to the lefties made me wonder?

M.

So that a light attached to the R/H stay remains visible? That's why I'm
a lefty 🙂

I have a B & M rack-mounted, dynamo-powered rear light, and a blinkie on
the stay.
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Alex
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Alex Potter said:

So that a light attached to the R/H stay remains visible? That's why I'm
a lefty 🙂

AOL ;-)
the doo-dad that lets me take the light off has snapped off, so it's
easier to leave it on all the time and stick the pannier on the left

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Quoted message said:

All,
Perhaps a stupid question; but when riding with one rear pannier (every
day, more or less); I always put the right (right hand side) one on.
(To encourage slightly more clearance from drivers).

This morning I walked to work; and was passed by 6 cyclists with
left-only panniers. I appreciate that they may not all have given it
much (any?) thought; but why so many lefties?

6-0 to the lefties made me wonder?

I'm a righty. Putting a lefty on felt really strange when loaded up. In
fact, when my righty broke, I decided to go and get a new set.

The decision for me was partly clearance, but also, when carrying it is
easier for me to carry a righty being right handed.

Quoted message said:

Perhaps a stupid question; but when riding with one rear pannier (every
day, more or less); I always put the right (right hand side) one on.
(To encourage slightly more clearance from drivers).

Quoted message said:

This morning I walked to work; and was passed by 6 cyclists with
left-only panniers. I appreciate that they may not all have given it
much (any?) thought; but why so many lefties?

My bike stand is on the left. A heavy pannier on the right is more likely
to make the bike fall than on the left. Also, the way my bike faces when I
am leaving means the left side is nearer to me (but that should be more
evenly distributed if you ask enough cyclists).
Just making this up on the spot btw 🙂

Roos

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Quoted message said:

All,
Perhaps a stupid question; but when riding with one rear pannier (every
day, more or less); I always put the right (right hand side) one on.
(To encourage slightly more clearance from drivers).

Quoted message said:

This morning I walked to work; and was passed by 6 cyclists with
left-only panniers. I appreciate that they may not all have given it
much (any?) thought; but why so many lefties?

Quoted message said:

6-0 to the lefties made me wonder?

Quoted message said:

M.

I am a left pannier afficionado.

I wheel the bike to my right, then lean it against a wall. If the
pannier's on the left, it is accessible.

I am right-handed.

--
Helen D. Vecht: [email hidden]
Edgware.

Roos Eisma said:

Also, the way my bike faces when I
am leaving means the left side is nearer to me (but that should be more
evenly distributed if you ask enough cyclists).

A completely unscientific straw poll suggests that most folks [1] here
mount from the left, which I assume is because we drive on the left and
hence start in the same direction as the traffic flow...

R.

[1] Sample size n = 2.

that makes sense; and I hadn't thought of it.

although, I'm often surprised by cyclists with lights mounted on the
left seat stay, so maybe I'm over-estimating people's decision process?

M.

m__murray said:

This morning I walked to work; and was passed by 6 cyclists with left-only
panniers. I appreciate that they may not all have given it much (any?)
thought; but why so many lefties?

I'm a leftie. I put my left foot down when stopped and want the bike to
lean in that direction.

Mike

Quoted message said:

Perhaps a stupid question; but when riding with one rear pannier (every
day, more or less); I always put the right (right hand side) one on.
(To encourage slightly more clearance from drivers).

This morning I walked to work; and was passed by 6 cyclists with
left-only panniers. I appreciate that they may not all have given it
much (any?) thought; but why so many lefties?

6-0 to the lefties made me wonder?

LHS counterbalances the weight of a nine-speed cluster, and is on the
stronger side of the wheel.

Seriously, LHS allows clear sight to the cluster to check what gear one
is in. I'm also not convinced by the clearance argument - I suspect it
just increases the chance of being clipped.

--
Mark.
http://tranchant.plus.com/

Quoted message said:

This morning I walked to work; and was passed by 6 cyclists with
left-only panniers. I appreciate that they may not all have given it
much (any?) thought; but why so many lefties?

6-0 to the lefties made me wonder?

Probably just a normal statistical blip, unless there's a 5th column of
left-handers infiltrating your locality - best keep counting, just to make
sure.

I normally mount the bike from the left (doesn't everyone? - it's where the
pavement is) so putting the heavy pannier on the right makes the bike less
likely to fall over. This means I never mistakenly put it on the wrong
way. Except I alternate the panniers to even the wear, so I'm forever
trying to put the right hand pannier on the left of the bike etc. I envy
people with brains.

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Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Perhaps a stupid question; but when riding with one rear pannier (every
day, more or less); I always put the right (right hand side) one on.
(To encourage slightly more clearance from drivers).

This morning I walked to work; and was passed by 6 cyclists with
left-only panniers. I appreciate that they may not all have given it
much (any?) thought; but why so many lefties?

6-0 to the lefties made me wonder?

LHS counterbalances the weight of a nine-speed cluster, and is on the
stronger side of the wheel.

Seriously, LHS allows clear sight to the cluster to check what gear one is
in. I'm also not convinced by the clearance argument - I suspect it just
increases the chance of being clipped.

Mine has a reflective strip which I presumed made me look a little wider at
night. Of course it could be complete bllx.

[email hidden] wrote:
| All,
| Perhaps a stupid question; but when riding with one rear pannier (every
| day, more or less); I always put the right (right hand side) one on.
| (To encourage slightly more clearance from drivers).

I used to carry my right pannier more often to have the reflective patch
further out. (Rear light on the seat pin.) These days I try to alternate
panniers to even out the wear.

Quoted message said:

This morning I walked to work; and was passed by 6 cyclists with
left-only panniers. I appreciate that they may not all have given it
much (any?) thought; but why so many lefties?

A bike looks completely unbalanced with only one pannier.
Yuk.

John B

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Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

This morning I walked to work; and was passed by 6 cyclists with
left-only panniers. I appreciate that they may not all have given it
much (any?) thought; but why so many lefties?

A bike looks completely unbalanced with only one pannier.
Yuk.

That's ok, when I'm riding I can't see the pannier rack, so it isn't a
problem.

I'm a rightie, originally to make myself look bigger. The pannier now rarely
comes off.

cheers,
clive

Quoted message said:

All,
Perhaps a stupid question; but when riding with one rear pannier (every
day, more or less); I always put the right (right hand side) one on.
(To encourage slightly more clearance from drivers).

I use... whichever one I happen to have picked up, or if I've left the
tools in one and am off for a day trip, then that one.

Never been very fussed otherwise, though the loading/kicksatnd thing
Roos mentions /can/ be a factor

Pete.
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Tel 44 1382 660111 ext. 33637 Univ. of Dundee, Ninewells Hospital
Fax 44 1382 640177 Dundee DD1 9SY Scotland UK
net [email hidden] http://www.dundee.ac.uk/~pjclinch/

Quoted message said:

6-0 to the lefties made me wonder?

I'm a rightie. For reasons stated above.

Quoted message said:

All,
Perhaps a stupid question; but when riding with one rear pannier (every
day, more or less); I always put the right (right hand side) one on.
(To encourage slightly more clearance from drivers).

This morning I walked to work; and was passed by 6 cyclists with
left-only panniers. I appreciate that they may not all have given it
much (any?) thought; but why so many lefties?

6-0 to the lefties made me wonder?

M.

Right for me, dunno why, just feels right.

MSeries said:

Quoted message said:

All,
Perhaps a stupid question; but when riding with one rear pannier (every
day, more or less); I always put the right (right hand side) one on.
(To encourage slightly more clearance from drivers).

This morning I walked to work; and was passed by 6 cyclists with
left-only panniers. I appreciate that they may not all have given it
much (any?) thought; but why so many lefties?

6-0 to the lefties made me wonder?

M.

Right for me, dunno why, just feels right.

My briefcase pannier goes on the left so I use the right one for other
stuff. The left one gets used at weekends.

...d

Mark Thompson said:

Quoted message said:

This morning I walked to work; and was passed by 6 cyclists with
left-only panniers. I appreciate that they may not all have given it
much (any?) thought; but why so many lefties?

6-0 to the lefties made me wonder?

Probably just a normal statistical blip, unless there's a 5th column of
left-handers infiltrating your locality - best keep counting, just to make
sure.

I normally mount the bike from the left (doesn't everyone? -

Not me. I mount from whichever side I am standing. For my commute its
the right hand side because thats the side I pick the bike up at to
wheel it out of the garden after it has leant against the garage wall
on its left whilst I lock the garage up.