what side is your front brake?

[Repack Rider]

My first road bike, a 1971 Colnago, came with the front brake on the right, and not knowing any different, I rode it that way although the convention was apparently the opposite based on comments from my friends. My roommate Gary Fisher also set up his brakes that way and does to this day.

When we opened our shop we had a poster on the wall with a photo of a sprint finish at the road world championships, and of the five riders in the photo, three had their brakes set up one way and two the other. Obviously it is personal preference.

I can ride either way, and I don't bother to switch the levers. My 2005 Stumpjumper came with the front brake on the left, and I never changed it. My newer bike has the front brake on the right, my historic preference.

I don't know when the American standard became front/left, but it has never been mine.

There is a very good reason why the front brake is on the right on a motorcycle. Because the throttle is in that hand, the clutch must be in the other.

 

[DM]

Motorbike style: Front brake on the right.
Some German friends who come from a motorcycle background also do the same.

 

[Anthony]

There is a very good reason why the front brake is on the right on a motorcycle. Because the throttle is in that hand, the clutch must be in the other.

Da da!

 

[IbocProSX]

Front left, on all my bikes.

Probably because my first MTB was a Stumpjumper. I have ridden a mortorcycle way back and that was never an issue. The two activities have so little in common actually that I don't even remember it as an item, let alone an issue.

Enjoy!!

 

[tintin40]

Front right
back left

 

[WD Pro]

It's worth bearing in mind that because the UK is the odd one out, we have to struggle with cable stops that are designed for front/left. This leads to the cable outers rubbing against the head tube and damaging the paint when front/right is used, because they're not taking the route that they were designed to take.

The 135 degree bend of the front brake pipe is also designed specifically to suit the front/left cable route. A 90 degree rear pipe is more suitable for front/right, but for some unknown reason virtually nobody uses one.

Mine is left / front.

My 90 Marin suits it that way to

WD

 

[FluffyChicken]

The 135 degree bend of the front brake pipe is also designed specifically to suit the front/left cable route. A 90 degree rear pipe is more suitable for front/right, but for some unknown reason virtually nobody uses one.

Any my new Shimano Deore XT M770's "full set of v's" came with 1x90 and 1x135 pipe. So unsure why people don't use them if they have them.

 

[Mr Panda]

Right. Always has been on every bike I've had since the 60s

Strangely tho' Panda-3 did her cycling proficiency last year and the instructor said her brakes were the wrong way round :? Front should be left :? :?

 

[Anthony]

The 135 degree bend of the front brake pipe is also designed specifically to suit the front/left cable route. A 90 degree rear pipe is more suitable for front/right, but for some unknown reason virtually nobody uses one.

Any my new Shimano Deore XT M770's "full set of v's" came with 1x90 and 1x135 pipe. So unsure why people don't use them if they have them.

Yes, but if you look at Chain Reaction (just for example), they call the 135 the front pipe and the 90 the rear pipe. I think they work better the other way round if you front/right, but I guess most people just do as they're told, unlike bolshy types like me.

 

[FluffyChicken]

The 135 degree bend of the front brake pipe is also designed specifically to suit the front/left cable route. A 90 degree rear pipe is more suitable for front/right, but for some unknown reason virtually nobody uses one.

Any my new Shimano Deore XT M770's "full set of v's" came with 1x90 and 1x135 pipe. So unsure why people don't use them if they have them.

Yes, but if you look at Chain Reaction (just for example), they call the 135 the front pipe and the 90 the rear pipe. I think they work better the other way round if you front/right, but I guess most people just do as they're told, unlike bolshy types like me.

I'm front right and mine work better with 90 at the back and 135 on the front.
Depends on the routing of you rear cable I guess and the length of the pipe.
I am of course new to this world of v-brakes though.

Using a 135 at the back on my bike would be bloody stupid (I think, never tried it but alost sure it would need to bend funny to get there). 135 on the front stops the cable flying out all over the place giving it a neater route than the 90.
Each to their own and their own bike setup.

I believe there is an intermediate bend as well 110degree and that would probably work slightly neater than the 90 degree or the 135.. Either way they make the brake wider than I would like. Stupid design

90 degree rear, would show the front but it has a 90 degree on it as well as it's all I had, lol

not brilliant as it's causing a dip in the horizontal pull part. but best I could do for a first attempt. I think a 110 make relieve that dip.. or some slight bending of my 90 degree.