Originally Posted by
riderlife
Is there a necessary way to put on a skewer on a mountain bike with disc brakes? as you can tell im not an avid mountain biker
I like my front skewer levers pointing rearward. It's usually easy enough to angle them such that they do not hit the disc rotor or brake caliper. I prefer them to come in from the left side.
However, Shimano-brand skewers are asymmetrical. I just built a bike with the front skewer coming in from the right so that the lever can be under the cam where it can clear the fork and point backwards.