01-07-2007, 06:31 PM
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#9 (permalink)
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On Sun, 7 Jan 2007 17:35:05 -0800, "Phil Holman"
<piholmanc@yourservice> wrote:
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>"David L. Johnson" <david.johnson@lehigh.edu> wrote in message
>news 6SdnYdBwaTFAzzYUSdV9g@ptd.net...
>> On Sun, 07 Jan 2007 08:29:33 -0800, jim beam wrote:
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>>> 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
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>>> 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.
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>> The skewer will not foul the derailleur. Put them wherever you want
>> them.
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>I don't agree. When removing and replacing the wheel, getting the chain
>over the nut without touching the chain is easier than over the lever.
>
>Phil H
Dear Phil & David,
Here's a bike that visitors are forced to use, with the quick-release
lever switched to the derailleur side (may God forgive me!)
QR open:
http://i12.tinypic.com/42uoy3d.jpg
QR closed:
http://i3.tinypic.com/2ywbqlk.jpg
Unless the lever is set level to close by flipping from the back to
the front, the cable and the derailleur obviously get in the way.
More cable just gets in the way elsewhere.
With the QR lever on the normal side, you can rotate the lever as you
please until you get it right, while your other hand can easily hold
the comparatively tiny nut on the other side and adjust the nut by
slight finger turning.
As an analogy, think of trying to work with two wrenches on an axle
secured with two nuts instead of a quick release.
You'd hold the derailleur-side wrench steady (instead of moving it
into the cable and derailleur) and turn the wrench on the bare side of
the frame.
Cheers,
Carl Fogel
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