Carb7008@cs.com wrote:
> Newby mistake?: Quick-release skewers on stamped dropouts? Although it
> may appear to work, wheel-axle is poorly supported in addition to dubious
> clamping (read dangerous)? I guess proper method with stamped dropouts is to
> use nuts?
>
The axle overhang is convenient when putting the wheel back in, but with a properly closed skewer it is superfluous: the wheel is retained by the axlenut being clamped against the face.
However with thin dropouts there is often nog enough room to include the funny spring -- mvg
Marten Gerritsen
Kiel Windeweer
Netherlands