Trek recall One million bikes

[flecc]

Trek have issued a safety recall on this huge number of bikes made from 1999 to April 2015 due to a risk of serious accidents. The European market is also affected, so all Trek owers should check if it applies to them.

The information is on this link
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[Fordulike]

Trek have issued a safety recall on this huge number of bikes made from 1999 to April 2015 due to a risk of serious accidents. The European market is also affected, so all Trek owers should check if it applies to them.

The information is on this link
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Am I missing something here?
Can't the QR skewer be inserted, so that the lever is on the opposite side of the brake disc?

I don't own a Trek, but my Ridgeback has the disc on the left side and the QR lever on the right.
I always align the lever vertical with the fork anyway, so the lever physically cannot be pushed past the 12 0'clock position.

It's a common sense thing

 

[flecc]

The same with me when I've had QRs, but it seems either Trek don't assemble that way or some of their customers have reassembled in a dodgy way.

Howvever, they are replacing them with a foolproof version that can't stop the disc and front wheel instantly with painful consequences, so that's no bad thing.
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[trex]

Am I missing something here?
Can't the QR skewer be inserted, so that the lever is on the opposite side of the brake disc?

I don't own a Trek, but my Ridgeback has the disc on the left side and the QR lever on the right.
I always align the lever vertical with the fork anyway, so the lever physically cannot be pushed past the 12 0'clock position.

It's a common sense thing

The problematic skewer is here:

You can see it can malfunction unless you tape that lever to the fork.

 

[RobF]

On some forks the rebound adjuster in the right leg prevents the lever fitting that side.

Some other suspension forks have differently recessed drop outs which means the lever must go on the left.

Seems to me most discs are mounted on the left, but I suppose they could be mounted on the right.

The Trek problem, for what it's worth, is not with closing the lever.

It's when the lever is open it can go back more than 180 degrees, allowing it to foul the disc.

If the lever opens while riding along you already have a problem, but the Trek one is worse because the lever could flop into the disc.