A bit too one-sided

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You'll find that most people mount/dismount on the left side for a reason already mentioned - the drivetrain. In cyclocross, this is the way you are taught.

It will be a LONG time before I do proper mounts/dismounts on my CX bike (some people make this look SO easy/flawless/smooth/graceful), but I am such a left-side mounter/dismounter that it's embarrassing the way I have to walk around my bike to get on, as Hi Ho Silver also stated. I feel like such a moron when I do this.

[Desert Tortoise]

I never thought about mounting only on one side or that it can look silly. I too tend to mount on the left but that is because I carry my bike on my right side so I don't get drivetrain grease on me. I hate it when I get chain marks on me or my clothes. (I have to carry my bike down my long, gravel driveway. Too many thorns hiding in the rocks I discovered 3 flats later.)

Now I will have to try mounting on the right side next ride just to see how it feels.

[Hi Ho Silver]

... it's embarrassing the way I have to walk around my bike to get on, as Hi Ho Silver also stated. I feel like such a moron when I do this.

LMAO, that is exactly how I felt when I did that! I was praying no one saw me. Over 25 years of riding seriously and I cannot mount from the right ...how lame is that?

[Catrin]

I feel SO glad to read that I am not the only one! Granted, I've only been riding on the road just a little over 1 year, but I HAVE to mount from the left side. I MUST start with my right foot on the pedal and my butt on or almost on the saddle. This is how I roll

The latter isn't actually a concern on my Gunnar because I have proper leg extension. The mountain bike is a different story...