I am pretty sure it's the aluminum contact surfaces -- modern skewers are meant, it seems, for vertical dropouts only. I remember tightening an allen "slow release" on one of my fixies until the (steel) skewer snapped -- couldn't get the aluminum ends to grip tightly enough.
Come to think of it, I've got a 5-6 lb bag of old, old-school, all-steel skewers and if you (the original complainant) want one, just LMK. I think I've got a 130 or so and possibly even a 135 or two. None are very pretty (except the NOS Zeus front which ain't leaving). Note: will trade skewer/s for single old Campy Record dustcap or pair/sof nice, shiny metal ones. (I have one Campy already -- thanks, Eric.) On Sun, May 6, 2012 at 4:29 PM, Kelly <tkslee...@gmail.com> wrote: > My wife's fuji tour bike had this problem. Went from aluminum to steel > skews, knurled. This fixed the problem for us. > > Kelly > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rbw-owners-bunch/-/wEXh0OLfkZAJ. > 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. > -- ------------------------- Patrick Moore, Albuquerque, NM For professional resumes, contact Patrick Moore, ACRW http://resumespecialties.com/index.html ------------------------- A billion stars go spinning through the night Blazing high above your head; But in you is the Presence that will be When all the stars are dead. Rainer Maria Rilke, Buddha in Glory -- 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.
