> Shimano skewers are nearly impossible to beat mechanically. Any > internal cam wins over external.http://www.sheldonbrown.com/skewers.html
When I last used skewers, I went with these by Hope: http://www.mtbr.com/cat/tires-and-wheels/skewer/hope/skewers/PRD_354342_146crx.aspx They seemed to work well. After that I built up a wheel with MaxiCar hubs which have a solid axle that use nut attachments. As I say above, it kind of opened my eyes to what little difference having a nutted axle over skewers meant from a maintenance and time perspective. To each their own. I have no problem with a preference for skewers. Outside of racing where I hear every fraction of second is critical, there is not much difference between wrenching a wheel on and off and pulling a skewer. I attach the MaxiCar 14 mm socket to a sliding bar socket holder: http://www.sears.com/shc/s/p_10153_12605_00904428000P?prdNo=6&blockNo=6&blockType=G6 which is light and easy to carry with my ride tool set. The pitlock pit fits in a socket as well. On Jan 8, 5:42 pm, Mojo <gjtra...@yahoo.com> wrote: > Shimano skewers are nearly impossible to beat mechanically. Any > internal cam wins over external.http://www.sheldonbrown.com/skewers.html > > On Jan 8, 11:32 am, Marty <mgie...@mac.com> wrote: > > > > > I need a pair of skewers for my next build - using Phil/Riv hubs. > > Looking for a nice clean design, and no plastic. Anyone have > > experience with Pitlock? > > > Marty -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
