Stoopid question from Noob

[marni]

but I also realize this is from horseback riding that you mount and dismount a horse to the right side, so for me doing it this way is ingrained even though it's a bike and not a horse.

I grew up on a ranch in New Mexico riding cow ponies in a western saddle and they were all mounted from the left, each and every time without fail. When did it change? or does it depend on the kind of horse and saddle do you think?

just wondering

Incidentally, when I dismount my road bike (from the left of course) I have to lean it so far over to the left that the peddle touches the ground.

marni