I used to ride a commuter bike while living in Europe for errands and getting about town. When we came back to the states, I bought a road bike and was trying it out in the parking lot at the LBS. I went to try out the brakes individually and went to hit what I thought was the rear brake and ended up flying over the handle bars. It turns out that in Europe the front and rear brake are reversed. It took a bit of getting used to but five years later, I now know right is the rear brake, at least here in Texas. Fortunately the gear shifting is the same.

All on the learning curve of discovering the joys of using a new road bike.

hippie bike chick, sugar land, texas