Simple question: are you right handed or left handed? And is your lead foot right or left?
I thought I was as right-handed as they come, and I lead with my right foot, so I assumed that was normal for righties – but just read an article that says its actually the other way around? Now I'm curious.
https://www.singletracks.com/mtb-tips/how-to-get-better-at-turning-your-bike-both-directions/#
by harman097
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Lead right and I’m right handed
Golf (poorly) left handed
It’s just whatever you were taught/started doing
Stand loosely and get a friend to push you from behind. Whichever foot you put forward is your lead foot. If you snowboard, this is how you figure it out.
Right handed, kick a ball with my right foot, ride with left foot leading. I always have for as long as I could ride a bike.
Left handed and lead with my Right foot
Lead foot is overrated. Outside foot down is where it’s at.
Just had this same thread a couple days ago.
https://old.reddit.com/r/MTB/comments/1lx8fs7/whats_your_stance_and_why/
Lefty, left food forward.
In general I have a weird mix of handedness. I snowboard regular-foot. Throw and bat righty. Write and eat lefty. Tie knots and twist ties lefty. Can openers just feel wrong to me. Opening jars and twisting things are lefty.
I am right handed.
I lead with my left on my MTB and I ride goofy on my snowboard.
Im right handed and think inlead with my left foot but honestly I don’t really think too much about it, sometimes I switch because of quad/glute/foot pump
Ambidextrous, mostly. Left footed.
I switch depending on the turn, pedal up stays to the inside of the corner.
Right handed. Lead with left.
Right Handed
Bike left foot foward
Snowboard / Skate Goofy (Right foot forward)
Baseball hit right
Hockey shoot left
Golf swing right
Right handed completely, left foot forward always. I’ve ridden that stance since I was jumping my Stingray bike in the mid 1970s, so not changing now.
I’m trying to change my lead foot because I get so much lactic acid build up in my rear foot in big descents. It’s weird changing over.
Honestly I don’t really think about it on the bike. I was jumping yesterday and found my self to be right foot forward on the jumps, but I can do either way pretty comfortably…it’s not like other sports where you have a clear dominate food in my experience.
I ride everything else regular (left forward) but found on the bike I was often right food when coming into jumps.
I’m a lefty but lead with my right foot.
MTB lead left, write left handed, throw right handed, kick left foot, jump off left foot
Right handed, lead with left foot on MTB.
Lefty, weightlifting I lead with right when I jerked . So that’s my lead on bike lo
Learn both if you can. It helps in hairy situations and if you ever ride skateparks you don’t have to go oppo.
I am left handed
I lead with my right foot
Kick a ball right footed
Throw left handed
Shoot a pistol left handed
Shoot a rifle right handed
Cast a fishing rod left handed
Is there any benefit to practicing leading with your weak foot?
Right handed, goofy footed on a skateboard. Zero difference (for me anyway) left or right on a bike.
80% to 90% of my riding, I am pedalling, so I always find questions like this a little strange.
Other times it often depends on the terrain, adjusting to keep away from pedal strikes and cornering the outside pedal down.