Brake lever: left or right?
 

Question for the folks that use a brake on their fixie: do you put the lever on the left side (regular since it's the front brake) or the right side?

I only have front brake and it's on the left side, partly because it is there on my geared bike, and partly because i thought the cable reached better from the left side.

In the UK, the usual side for front brake is on the right.

I however, run mine on the left, as it leaves the right hand free for fending off cards and indicating for right hand turns (as we ride/drive on the left).

However, as I'm now living in the states (as off yesterday), for the same reasons I might ride it on the non-conventional right hand side.

hahahaha.

The only time I saw reverse wiring was during the brief Mountain-Bike Polo craze of the 80s!

since the cross levers come in pairs, i use one on each side on either of my bikes... in other words, it doesnt matter.

Whatever _YOU_ are accustomed and are most comfortable with.

Oh, mine's going on the left side for sure, because I ride other bikes and my left hand "knows" how to modulate a front brake properly - my right hand doesn't. That would be, for me, dangerous. Also, My fixie is built from a mountain bike, with v-brakes, so cable routing also suggests I use the left hand side.

I was just curious.

I ride with my front brake on the right.

I ride with mine on the left but I often think about putting it on the right so it would be easier to do hand signals when approaching a stop.

I am used to two brakes on mountain bikes, but on an old BMX bike I had only a back brake on the right, and now with my fixed gear bikes I've had only front brakes on the right.

for one brake, I like it on the right side whether it is front or rear.

right side front brake - left hand signal
setup the same on all my bikes -- wouldn't have it any other way in the USA

When I ran a brake and on all the builds I've done with a brake I installed the lever on the right.
Right is right.

i have mine on the left

I run my front brake on the right. I ride motorcycles aswell and the front brake is on the right, so it's second nature now.

Right side because I'm right handed and have more strength and control in that hand.

it was on the right side but i took it off to put on bar tape and it didn't fit back on so i learn to ride brakeless

First time I rode a bike after moving from Scotland to America I almost died because I didn't know the brakes were opposite, tried to skid and almost went over the bars!

Neither. Mine is on my seatpost.

right. thats where it was when i rode BMX as a kid

my lever's on my right because i am a biker as well as a cyclist

Mine is on the right side as I'm an ex-pat from the UK, just used to it that way and didn't think it wise to change. I swap/swapped around any other bike I've had here to be the same, too.

On the right due to I signal with the left. Also because I'm a right footed skidder so when i lock up my right leg its not up against the bars keeping me from using the brake in case I'm about to eat the street.

When my brake gets here, i'm gona put it on the right side.. mostly because I can't use my middle finger on my left hand for squeezing too hard :)

+1 I think about that all the time but left still feels a little more natural to me for whatever reason.

Right is right for me. Too bad modern dual pivot brakes all seem to have the cable go in on the right too. It makes for an awkward cable bend; crossing over to the left would be a lot straighter and more natural.