Right Foot or Left Foot Foward?

[hayd]

After a poll was suggested in this thread http://forums.farkin.net/showthread.php?t=84848 and no one started one, so I thought I would.

So which is your prefered foot to have forward? Right or Left?

[NiK TyLeR]

i'm right handed but i use my left :confused: wats with that haha o well

[Disturbed.Rider]

When I voted it was 18/19.

I rekon this'll be interesting.

[Sethius]

left handed, right foot prefered forward but can still jump other foot forward just feels unco.

but play soccer with my left foot.

[mullan2304]

Right handed, I ride with my left foot forward but I can manual better with my right foot forward. Go figure.

[fleshbone]

well i voted.me,i'm left foot forward.on some occasions i have my right foot forward,but rarely.though one of my mates can ride either foot forward,which i think is a very good skill to have. ;)

[Plow King]

Right handed, left footed, ride left foot forward!

[FoxRidersCo]

Right Handed, left footed, preffered whip direction right, rotatate to the right, can only wallride to the left, and drop in to the right, sideways bunnyhop only to the left

[cjaty]

Was right footed till I run into a parked car on my moto about 20 years ago and smashed my right leg so its left all the way

[Joelski2006]

Its weird, like everyone else, that i am right-handed and i kick with my right foot, but when it comes to riding... left foot forward all the way!! (feels unco any other way :p ) It really frigs with my head if i land a jump right foot forward..

[Kirky]

Left foot froward! Yet Im right handed, right footed, i wip left, wallride right, hip right, spin right.

[Alec McJo]

yyesss, left footers forward RISE :D

(I'm right footed, right handed, Naturally whip to the left but always do it to the right, turn my bars left, spin left, corner left naturally.

[meatlovers]

I'm left handed, but kick, etc with my right foot.

[Gudsell]

Im right handed, left foot forward, whip left, spin anti clockwise and kick with my right foot.

[NH_]

im right handed, left footed, right foot forward, can spin both ways, same as whipping but i cant really whip so yeh

[hayd]

I'm right handed, and right foot forward.

My theory on which foot forward relates to leg strength. The stronger being the front foot so acceleration is faster. I'm interested to see whether this is the same for you guys as well.

The stronger leg can be determined by standing with both feet together, and while keeping your body straight, slowly lean forward. The foot which you move forward to stop yourself is your strong one.

[rgm]

My right foot is stronger, but if it's forward in air i overbalance on the right side..weird.

[Sketchy]

I ride right foot by the way.

Well i just tryed your theory and my Right foot is alot stronger because as leaing forward with my feet together I tryed it with both feet when doing with my right foot I put it out and I didnt move when doing with my left foot I almost fell over would you believe.:rolleyes:

[monkeyonabike]

im right footed and handed and really retarded when i ride, i grind with pegs on the left, pedal grind on the right, 180 to flat on the left, 180 bunnyhop and 180 on vert to my right, i hip either way, same with dropping in and i whip different ways depending on the jump. i kick out with my right foot too.

[gibbo4]

Right handed but left foot forward

[roxy12]

ambidextrous and either foot forward, used to only be left, but i switch a lot now depending on track condition/how i feel etc.

[CAB]

ambidextrous and either foot forward, used to only be left, but i switch a lot now depending on track condition/how i feel etc.

OMG your so lucky.................haha

Left foot foreward right handed right footed

[NiK TyLeR]

haha i got it its because your right foot and right hand is weaker and is for your "fine motor skills" haha wats with that

[Venciferus]

My theory on which foot forward relates to leg strength. The stronger being the front foot so acceleration is faster. I'm interested to see whether this is the same for you guys as well.

Acceleration from a standing start is not quicker with your preferred or 'stronger' foot/leg forward, if you start with the opposite foot forward you get half a crakd rotation from that leg, then a full rotation from the 'stronger' leg equalling faster acceleration.

[gr33ky]

Both Handed (yes that is the scientific term... no its not the same as ambidexterous (sp?)) Meaning i do different things with different hands : Throw with right, write with left, strongest arm right, play pool with left.
Kick right
LEFT FOOT FORWARD

[STP112]

im naturally right foot forward but i can now ride both just as comfortable as the other, i can whip both ways with either foot forward and can flattie both ways, good skill to have to change up ur style!

[VTSS350]

Ok I do alot of sking and wake boarding. When we teach a beginer to work out which for goes to the front we stand them on the beach and when there not ready for it give them a little push. Usually if there right handed their right foot will move back to stop them falling over.

I am right handed and use my left foot foward riding, snow baording, wakeboarding and water skiing.

[dirtdigler2]

I am right handed , surf as goofy foot skate and box with my right foot forward but hold a rifle with my left finger on the triger but just don't feel comfortable with my right foot forward on my bike , I have been pondering this for a long time and glad some one has created a forum on this subject, and I still do not understand it .

[scratchy]

The correct title for this thread is

"Which foot is your Chocolate foot?"

I remember seeing some trials video (Dirty Tricks and Cunnings Stunts) with Hans Ray in it, and he talk about "Zee Chwacolate fit".

Great video for an old school laugh.

PS. The Left will rise!

[Viv92]

Like many other people I'm right with everything.

[Nic_stp]

i'm right handed
left foot forward because the right foot is the control foot!!

[Chalkie]

Right Handed. Skate and Snowboard Regular (left foot forward), Ride with right foot forward. I don;t think there's much of a pattern. What you start doing you stick with.

[kjf]

Right handed, right foot forward when using a skateboard (hardly ever) and right foot forward when riding.
I think what chalkie said is correct. ^^

[Richo 18]

I'm right handed, right footed, right everything

except,

I'm goofy for skate, snow, wake and surf, (right foot forward)

and also I put my right forward when I ride, I think it's got to do with whether you are natural or goofy, most right handers are natural skate, snow, wake, surf and therefore put left forward for riding also?:confused:

Well thats what I think:) ;)

[darth rider]

How about a secondary to the poll;
"Do you consider yourself an artist or a scientist" or "are you better at Maths or English"
This might help clearup the left / right brain thing.

Oh hang on, I think I'm equally bad at both. Bugger. :rolleyes:

[luke.b]

You mean one of them has to go forward? Fark, no wonder i can barely pedal, and the guy at the LBS keeps laughing when I take my bike in.

[Gone_4_A_Ride]

lol wat about the people who can hav either foot forward?

[kore23]

Right handed, left footed, right foot foward, soccer with both feet

[Da Extreme Free Rider]

Right handed, Kick with right foot, ride with left foot forward except for when lm starting a dh run becasue l am alot stronger with my right leg and l get going quicker

[Ben Oz]

Left foot - but I can go right if the situation arises...
Right handed .
Kick with the right.
But on certain times of the month the mrs is always right.

[rgm]

But on certain times of the month the mrs is always right.

Oh, i know that as 'hide in the corner and don't speak' week.

[thundergoose]

Im right handed and right footed. And i have my right foot forward i think... Not something that i really think about when riding.

[Jimmy Mac]

I use my left leg for power (wheelies etc and when i first pedal away from a stop) but i often feel more comfortable right foot foward in technical terrain... am i ambidextrous? (if that isn't the longest word i've ever used in a post....)

[molzy13]

I have my left foot forward so when i x-up my right foot and leg wont get in the way of my wheel and bars if you know what i mean

[Tho-R]

My theory is:

When you get pushed, whichever foot you put backwards to balance is which foot you will have forward.

I have tried it and it worked.

Tell me what your experiences are?

[Cletus]

im right handed and left footed. the poll's saying goofy's are winning wah hooo!!!

goofy pride:D

[Hayden4050]

yeeew left foot forward. i write with my left hand and am left foot forward on a bike, but i throw/do everything else with my right...

[ronald mcdonald]

Left def. Im supprised there are that many people who ride right forward.

[|Matt|]

Left def. Im supprised there are that many people who ride right forward.

I'm the opposite. I'm the only person I know that rides left forward. I've always thought I was weird!

[DWN-HLR]

i launch in 4X with left foot forward but coast with right foot forward.................and i am both handed if you know what i mean....i can throw equally as good with both arms and write with both :D n just something i picked up when i broke my writing hand last year in the middle of yr 10 certificate

[luke.b]

These threads amaze me. I must'v seen about 4 threads like this, or similar on farkin in the last 2 years. And they allways attrack a crowd. Pretty much all the people I know ride right. Odd.

Oh, and that gate start/manualling start thing; If you use your "weak" foot first, it's better, because it means your strong foot is already moving, and doesn't have to start the force, only accelerate it. I think.

[whitey89]

The "fast foot" in athletics is the foot which you put back on the blocks. To find this foot you stand and get a guy to push you over, which ever foot goes foward to stop you falling over is the fast foot. My fast foot is the right but my foot foward on a bike is my left when riding. I also hurdle with my left foot as lead which is strange as the lead leg is ussualy the fast foot.

[Northern Hemi]

A few years back I started messing around with this.
After some awkward turns, I will now set up for a corner with the outside foot forward and rotate the crank down to 6 o'clock to the apex and pedal out.
The reason I started thinking about this was because I felt better turning right with my left (dominant) foot forward.
My theory went like this: My hips were open to the turn when I went right and closed when I turned left with the left foot in front.
After getting used to it, it seems to pay off in a few ways...
-I have stated pedalling right up to the braking point of most turns.
-My hips and shoulders are always alinged into the turn.
-A quarter crank in the drive direction gets the outside foot to 6 o'clock. No more crabbed pedals when I crank forward, with the inside foot leading.
This probably seems like I'm out-thinking myself, but it feels really good, once you get it. As well, I'm a long-time snowboard instructor (and now President of the Canadian S/B Instructors... Bow before me.) so I get off on this tech shit.

[ned_stp]

ive been thinking about this kinda stuff lately, and ive been concentrating on spin tricks.
when you spin, should you spin with the lead foot inside or outside?

i personally think it would be easier with the leed foot on the out side so you can "push" the bike around. although when i think about i naturally feel like spinning anti-clockwise, i really should be spinning clockwise. this also ties into something i heard that its better to spin in the direction that dosent feel comfortable because youll try harder to get around.

meh, or am i just all sorts of wrong lol.

[shiznik]

Im pretty much ambidextrous, all I do with my right hand is wright, but I am capable of doing it the other way....dunno if thats common.
Left foot forward feels more natural.

[mullers]

I just did a few days as a bike mtb guide/instructor an the instruction that the company gave was if you kick with your left, left back and vice versa for the right. but hey i feel comfortable with either foot, depends which side your gonna whip it out i guess.

[Pushbike76]

I'm a left foot forward type of guy.

It's similar in surfing you have natural and then you have goofy(Right Foot)
Anyone who has a passion to put them selves into testing conditions will become proficient in both, but hey we all have a favourite.

[LIAM?!]

I dont actually take any notice... so i just went with right

[Senan Caulfield]

Ummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm. I don't have any feet!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[singlespeed4life]

ive been thinking about this kinda stuff lately, and ive been concentrating on spin tricks.
when you spin, should you spin with the lead foot inside or outside?

i personally think it would be easier with the leed foot on the out side so you can "push" the bike around. although when i think about i naturally feel like spinning anti-clockwise, i really should be spinning clockwise. this also ties into something i heard that its better to spin in the direction that dosent feel comfortable because youll try harder to get around.

meh, or am i just all sorts of wrong lol.


If you have your right foot forward you spin to the left, and vice versa. Some people spin the same direction as there lead foot but it's much more difficult. But practise makes perfect, so find yourself a decent sized bowl and just keep trying to spin out until you get it (or stuff your back wheel). Have fun.:)

[solo]

i'm right handed and ride with my left foot forward which (i'm not sure if anyone mentioned it) means i am more comfortable going up or down right switchbacks than left.
never thought about this till a riding mate asked me and now if i try other foot forward it just feels weird and i try harder on left switchies

[noske]

Left is more popular, usually it is right. I skate, surf right foot though.

[Barrett]

right handed and right foot forward! very interesting thread!

[S_Town]

Left foot forward on bikes, skateboards, play cricket left handed, and kick a footy left foot. But I write right handed

[Nick53]

left foot forward is winning 147/141 yay:D

[JT252]

Nice dig mate. :)

[fatass]

Maybe it's something to do with when you did your first coast....? Like one of my friends rides right foot down, left foot up (yeah, hilarious. He gets no-where). Someone should test this theory..

[mongoosedh]

Just to verify it. Its not a gravedig when someone posts something that actually relates to the original topic. ;)

I ride with my right foot foward because its my strong foot and it feels safer than when it is back.

[bitterbro]

Just to verify it. Its not a gravedig when someone posts something that actually relates to the original topic. ;)


Look under your name, you know nothing. a gravedig is where you dig up and post in a super old thread such as a 5 MONTH old one.

['Ross]

Writing: Right hand.
Cricket: Left Handed.
Golf: Left Handed.
Tennis: Right Hand.
Footy: Left footed.
Bike: Right foot forward.
Fixie Skid: Left foot forward.

You work it out?

I know its a dig, but the poll surprised me. I thought there would be a 'normal' or dominant side that everyone tends to go to for riding, like skating or surfing.

[JaRedy]

I'm right handered and ride left foot forward,, but I whip to the left and x-up to the left (is the something wrong with me) Ialways hit my foot with the wheel...but if I ride right foot forward I feel like I'm learning to ride again...

[Viv92]

Just to verify it. Its not a gravedig when someone posts something that actually relates to the original topic. ;)

I ride with my right foot foward because its my strong foot and it feels safer than when it is back.

You think this really adds something to the original topic?
left foot forward is winning 147/141 yay:D

Bit of a grave dig.

On topic-ish, do you reckon having your front foot on either side helps for hopping sideways in a certain direction? I can only hop properly up to the right, which is a pitty because you have to keep left on Aussie streets and hoping off gutters isn't nearly as useful as hoping up them.

[---Wheels_Of_Fury---]

I try not to think about which foot i have forward when i ride because it distracts me really bad, but in all the pics of me riding my left foot is forward. Im also a lefty, do we need to factor that in aswell?

[jez_dh]

i had this discussion some months back in whistler. all my mates there biking were pretty much the same ones i snowboarded with in winter. We came to a conclusion that you are either goofy or natural for everything. snowboard right foot forward and you bike right foot forward.

Whipping told all in the end for us. those who rode right foot forward couldnt whip to the left at all or it was crap. and same for the left footers, they always whipped left. There was one guy who could whip both ways and he was a skier!

[BOOTH2]

Right foot foreward for me (I think). Whip to the left. Rotate to the right (clockwise). X-up, i spin the bars clockwise so when the 'X' thing is happening my left hand is in front. Bar spin clockwise.

I'm also a lefty when it comes to writing but a rightey when it comes to cricket, baseball etc. I play tennis left handed also. And my belly button sticks out.

[83AST]

I am right foot forward like Fabien Barel:D

[noske]

Is anyone both?

[thecat]

Is anyone both?

What sort of weird cranks you running:eek:


Seriously; I generally left foot forward and much more comfortable that way but try to go right forward every now and then just to get use to it

[noske]

What sort of weird cranks you running:eek:


Seriously; I generally left foot forward and much more comfortable that way but try to go right forward every now and then just to get use to it

Nah I dont run both, I'm a lefty but I was just wondering

[floody]

Right paw, left claw

[Nick53]

Is anyone both?

Yer my friends both. He doesn't care which foot forward he just pedals and jumps. I actually think it is a really good skill to learn.

[ex0dus1985]

Right handed, left footed :p

[kevp_93]

Write right handed, Kick on the right, bat & bowl & throw right handed & I ride with left foot forward!!

It seems that more people who are right handed, ride left foot forward. At least in this thread.

[avantiman]

well i ride dirt with my left foot forward makes it easyer to whip and such down hill right foot forward and xc i cant make up my mind because my feet are always going around ?????? :D

[kezzaM]

Left handed, kick a footy with my left, kick a soccer ball with my right, and have my right foot forward.

It seems pretty even.

[mitchy123]

right handed right footed and right foot foward haha.

[xc_machine]

ony 7 in the poll.. I'm right handed and right footed.

Everyone that uses their left first is not natural anyway! :rolleyes:

[Wonder Boy]

my bro is an absolute legend.
he can put either foot forward

[manik_man2233]

i use both, however i do feel a little bit more comfortable on the right, but left feels good too.

[brettyG]

after reading this, and then going for a spin on my bike, i was surprised to fingd out that it doesn't seem to bother me which foot goes forward. I jump and hop with my left foot forward and manual with my right one up front, weird hey? and my rear brake (if i even have it on) is on the left side. Now I'll go out, reattach the right crank arm so they're both pointing down at the same time, and see what happens!!!!

[Dug]

Write with both hands ... Right foot forward but jump off the left foot (Drops, track standing etc)... Maybe why I'm always confused.....