Brake Setup

[ngala24]

Interesting to see the ratio of how brakes are setup ?

[1hill@aTime]

i would say majority of people are right handed so putting the front brake on the left is wise(right hand will usually be stronger)

[Johan Bornman]

This topic has the making of a big faait. And since we're going to barney over it, I may as well pull a punch and ask how can anyone in their right mind want to control the front brake with their left hand? It is....dare I risk it....stupid!

[1hill@aTime]

right hand is stronger so i would prefer my rear brake being in my right hand, well my setup is perfect for me

Edited December 9, 2010 by 1hill@aTime

[ngala24]

This topic has the making of a big faait. And since we're going to barney over it, I may as well pull a punch and ask how can anyone in their right mind want to control the front brake with their left hand? It is....dare I risk it....stupid!

 

Thats why im asking, i ride with my left controlling my front

[AndreZA]

JB, I am right handed but have my front on the left. My first bike was like that (actually the first was back pedal brakes) and when I got racer it was left for everything in front and right was for everything at the back. The housing looks better aswell.

[Rob Mortimer]

Set up like my motorbike - front brake/right hand otherwise I tend to get confused

[TiBones]

I would want my most powerful braking to be in my most powerful hand. Right hand - front brake.

[rouxtjie]

JB, I am right handed but have my front on the left. My first bike was like that (actually the first was back pedal brakes) and when I got racer it was left for everything in front and right was for everything at the back. The housing looks better aswell.

I agree, and for the same reason that my first bike was also setup with front-left, back-right. Riding the other way around would "feel" wrong. Personal pref I suppose

[1hill@aTime]

I would want my most powerful braking to be in my most powerful hand. Right hand - front brake.

 

I'm just so powerful, i can't take that chance lol

[ngala24]

Its obviously personal preferance as the votes are showing 50/50

[G--thebus]

If you have decent hydraulic brakes on board strength should have little say in the matter.

My MTB bottle cage opens out to the right and I generally use my right hand to drink anyway (on my road bike which is a straight up bottle arrangement) so I like to have my left hand on the back brake while I'm drinking, if i need to slow down I do not want to find my chin on the tar or gravel as I lock up the front wheel....

This comes from a past experience when my new bike was set up front brake left.... VERY quickly changed it.

[scott]

i agree with J B ..... Front = right hand . come from motor bike background so keep mine set up to what i m used to

[Dirtbreath]

Its not a matter of strength but co-ordination. Front braking is more effective and much more of a "feel" which is why I keep it on the right. But then its always been like that. I think after years of riding it becomes a handedness thing so you do what you are used to.

[Thumper]

Thanks to Ngala24 I've always had my front on the right

[ngala24]

Thanks to Ngala24 I've always had my front on the right

 

Was my old bike setup like that, I now ride the otherway round and have no idea when it changed