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#298977 11/01/2008 9:17 AM
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Can anybody explain why the brake and clutch levers are different shapes? My hands are both the same.... I think! I don't remember any of my other bikes being like that.

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Tezza #298979 11/01/2008 9:46 AM
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Can anybody explain why the brake and clutch levers are different shapes? My hands are both the same.... I think! I don't remember any of my other bikes being like that.



Well that is simple, one is for the left side and the other is for the right

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I never noticed either.


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roadworthy #298981 11/01/2008 10:51 AM
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Which levers?


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frijoli #298982 11/01/2008 11:04 AM
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I think you're pronouncing it wrong; it's lee-ver, not lev-er.

They're all the same shape but one's upside down, to accomodate the 'handedness'. That is, they're all built the same way, but the right-hand leever is on the right way, that is, the correct way, but the left-hand leever is upside down, to enable it to be attached on the left side. If it wasn't turned upside down, and was attached the right way up, it would mean you, the rider, would need to turn your wrist upside-down to pull it.

That said, it might be that the left-hand leever is on the right way, that is, the correct way, not the right way, and the right leever is on upside down. If this is the case, please reverse all of the above orientations*.

*Unless you live south of the equator.

Or are you talking about the cut-out bit on the clutch? If so, it's so, if you drop the bike, it'll break at the cut-out and you'll still be able to use it. (If this is what you meant, why dincha just say so?!!!)



Oh, and my hands aren't the same: on my right hand, my thumb is on the left and on my left hand, my little finger is on the left. Unless I turn them upside down when I notice that there's a little more hair on the palm of my left hand.

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Tezza #298983 11/01/2008 11:52 AM
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My hands are both the same.... I think!




My left hand is much larger and muscular then my right, but I think thats from going places I shouldn't on my computer.


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Echoance #298984 11/02/2008 5:33 AM
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But both of the leeeeevers are different shapes besides having the cut outs on the clutch lever. Then why don't they put cut outs on the brake lever to make it a break brake leeeeever.
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Trust me - your brake leeeeever will indeeeed break.


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erle #298986 11/02/2008 10:08 AM
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My hands are both the same.... I think!




My left hand is much larger and muscular then my right, but I think thats from going places I shouldn't on my computer.


My right hand is bigger than my left, but I think that's a leftover effect from my teenager days.....


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arstaren #298987 11/02/2008 12:25 PM
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Mine are the same but that's because I could switch hands when I was young.


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The_Dog33 #298988 11/02/2008 7:59 PM
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Mine are the same but that's because I could switch hands when I was young.


I couldn't do that cause my other hand was holding that poster of Farrah Fawcet.....up close...


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