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Apparently some people do it with disc brakes so there's no risk of jamming your knuckle in the rotor when tightening/losening.
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Also stops the temptation to lever against the rotor (bending it) and potentially reduces the possibility of an untightened QR falling into the rotor which got some press around the time of the trek recall http://road.cc/content/news/148951-trek-issues-quick-release-skewer-voluntary-recall
sidewinder
I don't know much about these things, but aren't we supposed to scoff at noobs who put their QRs on the drive side?
Also, is he smiling? How come he's smiling?