Originally Posted by
dorkypants
This article
http://www.ne.jp/asahi/julesandjames...ase/index.html highlights a deadly safety problem with designs which place the disk caliper behind the fork rather than ahead. Yet people keep coming out with disc brake equipped road bikes with the calipers mounted behind the fork.
Originally Posted by
Tulex
That's a perfect example of why people ask questions on here and don't do research. I don't want to read a blue page that is longer than the addiction thread to find out what you are talking about.
It was actually a good read and I feel it is a valid question about current disc brake architecture. Soon after I started riding my disc brake equipped bike, the front QR came loose several times for no apparent reason that I could fathom. Usually after some time riding rough terrain. I thoroughly looked everything over and checked for anything that may be out of tolerance and tightened up the QR a bit more each time. Now, when I hammer the QR shut with my palm, then it doesn't come loose.
I haven't removed reasonable doubt that the disc setup on my bike is cause the QR to come loose; but usually, the simplest answer is the correct one.
Thanks for the link.