| Re: Skewer direction
On Sun, 07 Jan 2007 08:29:33 -0800, jim beam 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.
The skewer will not foul the derailleur. Put them wherever you want them.
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David L. Johnson
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