| Re: Skewer direction
On Sun, 07 Jan 2007 08:29:33 -0800, jim beam
<spamvortex@bad.example.net> wrote:
>Malcolm Smith wrote:
>> The convention seems to be to insert the skewers of both wheels so that
>> the lever is on the left and the nut on the right. Why?
>>
>> Malcolm
>>
>on the rear, you don't want the lever to foul the derailleur. on the
>front, it's just aesthetics to follow the rear. unless it's mtb with
>disk brake, in which case, some people use the lever on the right for
>similar reasons and to have the adjusting nut serrations help hold the
>axle more firmly.
Both ends of qr skewers - even those with cut (as opposed to rolled)
threads - have serrations, and one of the essential qualities of a qr
skewer mechanism is that the clamping force is applied equally to both
sides.
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