I find forwards and backwards unhelpful when thinking about these things. Forwards on the top or bottom? If your mental model assumes that you are looking at it from a specific orientation, I think that orientation needs to be explicitly expressed. Even "righty tighty" can be backwards from the other side.
I don't have a good model for pedals/bottom bracket myself, but recognize the pitfalls. Toby Toronto -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.