Going 'continental' with brake setup.

[TheFungle]

I'm thinking of swapping my brake setup to the 'continental' style, so front brake on left lever, has anyone done this swap before and if so hwo did you get on?

I'm finding that signalling, braking and changing gear on the one lever is sometimes just a bit too much plus the aesthetics are... pro.

[TheFungle]

Pablo16v said:

I disagree. In emergency situations your brain instinctively defaults to the UK brake setup..

If I have to emergency brake I tend to pull them both together, it's very rare (that I notice) that I grab only one brake in an emergency stop - I may just bite the bullit and do it this weekend, what's the worst that can happen?

[TheFungle]

A little belated update

I've been running the 'wrong way' on my winter bike for several months now with no major dramas, initially I would pull too strongly when coming up to a junction if I was a little on the quick side arriving at it but I feel I've trained myself out of it. The longest thing that it took me to get the hang of it was taking the strain when clipping in, my brain appears to have adapted to that though so all is well

Overall I'm happy that I've gone down this route with the bonus of the bike looking cleaner at the front.

When it comes to serving the best bike I'm more than happy to convert it as well.