wrong way round brakes again

in message <[email hidden]>,

MartinM (') said:

As a committed continental when it comes to brake configuration it
always intrigues me to see the tortous way UK front brake cables are
threaded given that all calipers now attach to the right. However the
other day I saw an eighties vintage hack on the train with SR stylee
calipers which were the other way round. Was this a common thing and
does anyone still make them like that?

I have four bikes, three of which have the brake control attachment on
the right, one on the left:

Dolan: Brake cable from ergo lever on right handlebar, under bartape,
then curves smoothly down to right hand side of Centaur caliper without
crossing, touching or otherwise interfering with any other cable;

Raleigh: Brake cable from aero lever on right handlebar, under bar tape
then curves smoothly down to right hand side of Centaur caliper without
crossing, touching or otherwise interfering with any other cable;

Cannondale: Brake hose from lever/master cylinder on right handlebar
passes across in front of the handlebar crossing both rear brake hose
and front deraileur cable, down the front of the Lefty, through between
the Lefty and the wheel to the caliper mounted on the rear of the Lefty;

Klein: Brake cable from lever on right handlebar curves smoothly down to
noodle on RHS of Avid V brake without crossing, touching or otherwise
interfering with any other cable;

....and you're complaining that having the cable attachment on the /right/
makes the /continental/ configuration more rational? What /are/ you on
and please can I /not/ have any of it?

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Simon Brooke said:

...and you're complaining that having the cable attachment on the /right/
makes the /continental/ configuration more rational? What /are/ you on
and please can I /not/ have any of it?

err no; I was enquiring if the cable attachment on the brake has been
standardised. I am well aware that there is no "right" or "wrong" way
to have the brakes configured.

MartinM said:

As a committed continental when it comes to brake configuration it
always intrigues me to see the tortous way UK front brake cables are
threaded given that all calipers now attach to the right. However the
other day I saw an eighties vintage hack on the train with SR stylee
calipers which were the other way round. Was this a common thing and
does anyone still make them like that?

ALhonga brakes are reversed. I have one Alhonga caliper and one of
another brand, both cables are on the RH side of my bike.

MSeries said:

MartinM said:

As a committed continental when it comes to brake configuration it
always intrigues me to see the tortous way UK front brake cables are
threaded given that all calipers now attach to the right. However the
other day I saw an eighties vintage hack on the train with SR stylee
calipers which were the other way round. Was this a common thing and
does anyone still make them like that?

ALhonga brakes are reversed. I have one Alhonga caliper and one of
another brand, both cables are on the RH side of my bike.

just seen another old bike with reversed calipers, looks Campag copy no
name