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martin46:
I have always run a single rear brake with the lever on the right, for racing, trails, park and street riding etc. But when i briefly tried running a front brake aswell, i ran the front on the right and rear on the left. Dont know why  :crazy2: just felt right. Infact all my road bikes and mountain bikes with 2 brakes have been set up this way.

Which side do you run your rear brake and like me, does it change if you run both front and rear?

Or should i just get out more?  :LolLolLolLol:


 

Devilock:
Kill me now...!

That Swan Guy:
Right

griff:
Depends where you're from, I have my front on the right because that's how every bike since my budgie came set up  :Great_Britain:

From Wikipedia...

It is customary to place the front brake lever on the left in right-side-driving countries, and vice versa,[57] because the hand on the side nearer the centre of the road is more commonly used for hand signals, and the rear brake can not pitch the bicyclist forward. However, a skillful bicyclist does better with the front brake on the side that is less often used for hand signals. In an emergency situation, operation of the brake has to be second nature; an unskilled bicyclist could find reversed brake levers confusing. Fortunately, it is usually easy to switch brake cables.
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Betty:
Left

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