Re: [CR]terminology

(Example: Production Builders:Pogliaghi)

Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2005 09:09:41 -0800
From: "Kristopher Green" <kristopher.green@gmail.com>
To: tperry1@verizon.net, Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: Re: [CR]terminology


John Pergolizzi wrote, of driveside terminology:

"left and "right" are so often confused, I still think forks don't have a drive side though, unless you have one o' them "2x2" front-and-rear-wheel-drive bikes (sorry, OT!) Didn't they drive on the left though?

And don't forget, in England where they also drive on the left, "non-driveside" means right!"

And I add, in a moment of off-topic confusion, what about the terms "nearside" and "offside", which are regularly used by British car magazines and repair manuals? It appears to me that "nearside" is not the side nearest the British curb, when driving, but the right. But why?

Kris Green
Olympia WA