What I heard is that it's a safety issue with something possibly hitting the quick-release lever and openning it. But, I think skewers are legal with no lever such as the allen head type -I think new Phil Wood track hubs come with this type of skewer????
Derek Willburn
Long Beach, CA USA
> I know the first reaction to this question is to say
> that nuts hold
> better...Well, how many folks lose wheels in the
> TDF? I understand the
> safety issue of banning wing nuts, but the only real
> safety issue I can see
> with QR Skewers is folks tangling their QR Skewers
> on the track...now
> granted I have an abhorrence of riding too close to
> another bike, but in my
> experience this is virtually unheard of...I'll bet I
> now get a barrage of
> such stories... but is this the reason for no quick
> release skewers on track
> bikes? Is it pure tradition because such skewers
> did not come into usage
> until after track racing was established? Perhaps
> because quick release is
> not needed there?
> Tom Sanders
> Lansing, Mi USA
>
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