Anybody else *always* get things backwards?

[DebW]

I'm another left hander. I have no problem with thread direction, but I've had lots of practice at that. But why do they call them right hand threads? The threads go in a circle, so you can draw a tangent line that goes in every possible direction. And if you look at it from the back side, then you have to turn it in the opposite direction. When you put a freewheel or lock ring tool in the vice and turn the wheel to remove the cluster, it take some mental gymnastics that strain my brain to figure out which way to turn it. But I've learned to pretend that the wheel is a steering wheel and I'm making a left turn.

Last week I was repacking my bottom bracket. The spindle had "L" and "R" inscribed on it, though it looked symmetrical to me. Took me a couple minutes to figure out which side of my bike was the right. If it said "Crank" on one side it would have been alot easier.

[kimct]

Mmm...not sure on that thread thing! I do always start out turning a screw the wrong way though. Makes me feel like a dork.

Maybe we're on to something here! I have a hard time convincing my hubby that left handers are smarter...hehe. There have been studies! LOL. He's ambidextrous so of course he says that makes HIM smarter than both left handers and righties!

Kim

[mimitabby]

i'm a lefty too, and i'm NOT directionally challenged.
My biggest problem is remembering the names for all these bike gizmos
drives Husband crazy. he's always telling me; this is a derailler, this is a camelback.
not a thingy?