Originally Posted by
Marcus_Ti
In fairness to the bicycle industry...QRs and skewers and dropouts existed long before bicycle disc brakes became normal, as well as before exposed-cam QRs existed. And back when Tullio Campagnolo came up with it braking really really sucked.
My argument isn't with QRs, it's mainly with the decision to put the caliper on the rear of the fork.
A front-mount caliper and the design becomes fail-safe. Even thru-axles would benefit. With both ride and brake forces acting in much closer alignment it'd be far easier to keep the front wheel accurately in place.