Bad new for Trek...

[iamkeith]

Putting the lever on the right leaves you open to the nut coming unscrewed instead, especially if you are one of the people likely to be affected by the problem, i.e. those who struggle to do a quick release up properly.

Interesting. Is that true? Not that I doubt you, but does anybody know of any anecdotal stories of this actually happening? (The nut being unscrewed due to wheel rotation?)

I've always been a bit of a Nazi on this subject - quick to tell people that the lever should ALWAYS go on the non-drive side, no discussion. But I recently had cause to re-think the whole subject based on the reality at the rear hub area on my most "modern" bike. In addition to the brake disc and caliper, I now also have the shifter mechanism located on the non-drive side.

It just seems too crowded already, so I flipped the QR levers to the drive side. And I'd started to reconsider whether this isn't appropriate for ALL disc brake bikes.... but now you have me doubting myself.

 

[mattr]

On the rear it makes no difference. There's no independent movement between the dropouts. On waggly, flexible forks it's a different matter altogether.