Which side is your rear brakes?

[Joeboy69]

On my Merida and the wife's Giant and Specialized, the rear brakes are on the right side. This made sense to me as I am used to mostly using the right hand for brakes like on the motorbike.

 

Bought myself a bike last week but the brakes are swapped around, so rear is on the left.

 

Googled it and apparently it differs between countries being a function of which side of the road the ride ....

[Vetseun]

Right side for me. Im left handed.

[Cav']

Do a search it has been discussed a few times before.

 

But yes mostly you'll find:

Left: front

Right: rear

 

[Mongoose!]

right side for me too

[Johan Bornman]

Aaag no! Not again

[ACM]

Right rear (brake and RD)

Left front (brake and FD)

[King_Crispy]

Do a search it has been discussed a few times before.

 

But yes mostly you'll find:

Left: front

Right: rear

Many things have been discussed on the hub.

They were lost.

So we start again

[Stretch]

Right side for me. Im left handed.

 

im left handed and have

rear - left

front -right

[The German]

LEFT SIDE for me, more comfortable.

 

Peter Pan...

[urbanroyal]

Lhs...prefer it like that .

[deanbean]

Yep we start again. I use strong hand, right for me, front, it is the stopping brake. And left rear. But change it to what you are used to.

[Cav']

 

Many things have been discussed on the hub.

They were lost.

So we start again

I often forget about the portion of the hub that went into oblivion.

[johannrissik]

My front brakes are in the front and the back brakes at the back. Is there another way of doing things ?

[DawieO]

I ride a rear right, front left.

 

OP, whatever works for you, just keep it consistent.

 

 

I went down to Ctn once and the nice folks at a local bike shop lent me an awesome Giant Reign for a day or two of fun at Delvira. Only realised the brakes were the other way around when I tried to drag the rear end around a particularly fast and twisty switchback, nearly put myself over the bars

Edited August 12, 2013 by DawieO

[No Hare]

LEFT SIDE for me, more comfortable.

 

Peter Pan...

 

Sorry Mate, high jack on

 

Dear mister German sir, what is it with this Peter frikkin' Pan thing every time you post?

 

Thank you

Now, please do continue

[LeTurbo]

Left hand for rear, right hand for front ... and, I'm right-handed if that makes a difference.

 

Of course, there is one bike that's the other way around, which makes for some interesting times ...