| Re: Skewer direction
David L. Johnson wrote:
> 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.
If by "them" you mean the lever, why on earth would you put the rear one on
the drive side where the derailleur, cogs and chain are? I just removed my
rear wheel to fix a flat, and it would be plain stupid to reverse the
skewer.
The front doesn't matter, really, but most people seem to like both wheels
set up the same (for looks if nothing else).
Bill S.
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