"Actually you are the first person to bring up this issue"

On Fri, 19 Mar 2004 11:37:22 -0500, in
, Sheldon Brown
wrote:

Sheldon "Insert Nickname Here" Brown

Is this a competition?


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Jon Senior wrote:

Is there such a thing as too tight? Is there a danger of the skewer
being over-stressed and being more likely to fail?

With quick-release, if you have the skewers too tight, they can make
the hub bearings bind. Giant's bike manual suggested that the levers
were too loose if closing them didn't leave an imprint in my palm.
Doing so meant the wheels stopped rotating within about 3/4
revolution, compared to around 20 when loose.

Cones can be loosened to compensate for a tighter skewer. In other words,
readjust so there's more play in the hub before QR is done up, to cope
with the greater axle compression when it is closed.
I don't think it's an issue for cartridge bearings.

This is besides the point though. There's obviously a fundamental problem
with the type of setup in question. Doing up the QR a bit tighter hardly
seems like a satisfactory solution.

~PB

Richard Bates wrote:
On Fri, 19 Mar 2004 11:37:22 -0500, in
, Sheldon Brown
wrote:

Sheldon "Insert Nickname Here" Brown

Is this a competition?

Umm, if it is you lose.

Bill "as would I" S.

In article , says...
"James Annan" wrote in message
...
It's now a year since the QR/disk brake problem hit the headlines, and I
thought some of you might be interested in hearing how the manufacturers
are dealing with it.

Well I've not had a problem yet but I do make sure the standard Shimano
skewers are very tight.
Also I've noticed the "Lawyer Lips" on my new Rockshox seem particularly
generous, I don't know if that's just a fluke or deliberate to help address
the (alleged) problem.

I have a front disc brake on my Van Dessel Super Fly. I've only had to
do really hard braking on one ocassion, and I did not notice that the wheel
shifted. I do keep my QR tight and after reading about this potential
problem I decided against my usual practice of removing the lawyer lips,
just in case.
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Alex

In article ,
says...

Is there such a thing as too tight? Is there a danger of the skewer
being over-stressed and being more likely to fail?

Not if it is steel.
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Alex

Shaun Rimmer wrote:
...or come back to rim brakes ;-)

Infidel! Heretic! Hiccup!

Hey, it's dave and shaun. Fancy meeting you guys here.

James Annan wrote:

It's now a year since the QR/disk brake problem hit the headlines, and I
thought some of you might be interested in hearing how the manufacturers
are dealing with it.

I'm pretty sure some manufacturers are now starting to put the disc on
the RH side of the fork. It's certainly an accepted problem.

Zog The Undeniable wrote:
James Annan wrote:
It's now a year since the QR/disk brake problem hit the headlines, and
I thought some of you might be interested in hearing how the
manufacturers are dealing with it.

I'm pretty sure some manufacturers are now starting to put the disc on
the RH side of the fork.

I might be dense, but I can't see how that would help. I *can* see that
putting the calipers in front of the fork would help, but the right hand
side? What am I missing?

--
Dave
dvt at psu dot edu

Zog The Undeniable wrote:

I'm pretty sure some manufacturers are now starting to put the disc on
the RH side of the fork. It's certainly an accepted problem.

Or you can just turn the QR around so the lever is on the right side.

"bomba" wrote in message
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On Fri, 19 Mar 2004 14:50:19 +0000, Peter B wrote:

Well I've not had a problem yet but I do make sure the standard Shimano
skewers are very tight.

Is there such a thing as too tight? Is there a danger of the skewer
being over-stressed and being more likely to fail?


Well, skewers do break. It's rare for good quality steel skewers to break
but others do.

Greg