If you have a bike with disc brakes there is a risk of the quick release getting caught - see http://quickreleaserecall.com for the details.
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Major Disc Brake Bike Recall
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Posted 9 years ago #
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Odd how it does all that hyper-explanatory "locate the front end of your bicycle" stuff but then blithely mentions "an ordinary #2 Pencil", unless standard pencil designations and their sizings are part of the standard US curriculum.
Posted 9 years ago # -
Erm, am I being too practical or missing something when I suggest taking the quick release out of the axel, turning it around and putting it on the other side?
Posted 9 years ago # -
Then the front and rear skewers won't match!
They're fitting the QR cam wrong any way, either up towards the bars along the line of the fork or backwards for MAXIMUM aero.
...Lawyers....
Posted 9 years ago # -
Rule 41:
"Quick release angle on the front skewer shall be an upward angle which tightens just aft of the fork … For Time Trial bikes only, quick releases may be in the horizontal position facing towards the rear of the bike. This is for maximum aero effect."
I suppose that the first schematic on the recall page does show the QR lever in the correct position, though no adherent to The Rules would ever countenance riding a bike with such hideously overbuilt fork blades. Or discs, probably.
Posted 9 years ago # -
The rules merely parrot whatever the peleton happen to do. You can bet if they all started riding with forward-facing skewers for some reason, the rule would just reflect that.
Posted 9 years ago # -
"The rules merely parrot whatever the peleton happen to do. You can bet if they all started riding with forward-facing skewers for some reason, the rule would just reflect that."
Hmmm. I remember my dad being the one who told me about the qr skewers facing backwards in case anything caught it while facing forwards, when I was young and impressionable and apt to remember these things. He wasn't a cyclist of any sort, nor did he follow any cycling. I suppose someone in the wee shop might have told him, but the bike was bought from either Argos or the local 'hardware' store that just happened to sell bikes in our sleepy north-east of Scotland village.
I suspect it's more someone thought it was logical that something might catch a forward facing skewer and that became accepted wisdom (must check what the instructions say on the last hub I bought).
Posted 9 years ago # -
Worst case it's some spare skewers for free
Posted 9 years ago # -
Some of the wording in this video is hilariously clunky:
"Look at the left side of your bike, the opposite side from the chain. Now zoom in on the front wheel assembly."
So the bike has to be at a particular orientation to you to start with and you need the use of a zoom lens! How about:
"Look closely at the front left wheel assembly of your bike."
Posted 9 years ago # -
This was all over Farcebook a couple of months ago via TREK. I've ridden a few 10s of miles in my time with QR levers and never had a problem. I put them how ever I like, I'm not that fussed about aeroness..... or anyone's 'rules' for that matter.
Posted 9 years ago #
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