Originally Posted by
ScottCommutes
My suggestion would be on the left side of the bike, facing rearward. This way, they won't snag, and you can work them with your right hand.
How would you work the rear QR with your right hand?
I guess if you work on your bike upside down...
I've never believed the old wives' tale about a forward-facing rear QR snagging something and then opening up. On my bike there isn't any space between the chain stay and the rear QR lever anyway--it overlaps the chain stay (using the QR this way allows me to use leverage by grasping the chain stay with my hand as I close the QR). Even if it didn't overlap the stay, the 1/8" diameter twig that could somehow get caught is just going to snap off anyway. It can't exert enough lateral pressure necessary to open the QR.
Anyway, at least Dura Ace has seen the light--making the branding on the lever legible when the rear QR is facing forward:
