I share your dislike for the lawyer lips. I prefer that my bikes not have them, and none of my current bikes do have them. That said, counting backwards in time, the last 5 bikes that I've owned that came with lawyer lips left my possession with their lawyer lips intact. My point being that any relatively recent ex-mechanic has learned a long time ago how to live with them, second nature, regardless of whether somebody thinks that is a circus act. Even for regular cyclists, the extra effort of dealing with them is small. I don't think that they render a quick release to a wing nut or even a slow release. I'd call it a slightly-less-quick-release. I'd wager there are far more cyclists that refuse to put up with the herculean efforts associated with friction shifting than there are cyclists that refuse to tolerate lawyer lips.
On May 10, 2:05 pm, Steve Palincsar <palin...@his.com> wrote: > On Tue, 2011-05-10 at 13:53 -0700, William wrote: > > "Now try that one-handed." > > > Why? So you can hold an espresso in the other hand? :) > > No, because that's normally how you remove and replace a wheel. One > hand holds the frame, one hand inserts the wheel and then locks down the > quick release. It's also how you attach a bike to a roof rack. > > It's what "quick releases" are all about. They are not meant to be wing > nuts. > > > > > > > > > > > > > If by one handed you mean one hand on the handlebars for when you lift > > the front end of the bike off the front wheel, then the way I've done > > it (without really thinking about it) was to use my left calf on the > > nut side. Probably this is grounds for another youtube movie for > > those who can't visualize it. > > > The bike shop I worked at the longest period of time included new > > bikes stored on hooks with the front wheel off. So, for about 7 > > years, I probably put on and took off between 30 and 100 front wheels > > per day on a bike with lawyer lips. It works like this: > > > Taking the wheel off: > > > 0. Open front brake QR as necessary > > 1. Left hand holds the bars at the stem > > 2. Right hand opens skewer > > 3. Left calf pressed onto QR nut > > 4. Right hand unscrews QR 4 full revolutions > > 5. Left hand lifts and balances front end of bike > > 6. Right hand grabs front wheel > > > Putting the wheel on > > > 0. Left hand holds and balances front end of bike by holding bars at > > the center > > 1. Right hand holds front wheel > > 2. Left hand lowers fork tips onto front wheel > > 3. Left calf pressed onto QR nut > > 4. Right hand screws down open QR skewer 4 full revolutions > > 5. Right hand closes QR skewer > > 6. Attach front brake as necessary > > I'm sorry, but compared to how a real quick release (without lawyer > lips) works, this sounds to me like a circus act. All you need is a few > clowns running around for comic effect. Or maybe lawyers? -- 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-bunch@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.
