Well, maybe it's my peculiar personal preference. But I'd take a quick release over a wing nut any day. At this point, having used a quick- release often enough on my bike, I can feel when the appropriate tension is on the skewer before clamping so that I know that clamping at that time will be satisfactory. I don't have to retry. I also prefer that the final clamping force does not involve as much twisting between the surfaces being clamped. I suspect it doesn't make a practical difference from a physics standpoint. I just like it.
I imagine I would have to retry sometimes on a different bike, until I got familiar with its shapes and angles and materials. So perhaps there's an advantage to always riding the same one. I don't *think* my Hillborne has lawyer lips. I've never ridden in a situation where the small amount of extra time that it might take to remove the wheel made any difference. I rarely transport my bike. (I take it almost everywhere I go; I just rarely go anywhere!) And when I do, it doesn't involve wheel removal or attaching the fork to anything. I imagine I might be more concerned about LLs if it did. I always feel slightly testy about transporting my bike in the first place; ideally I'd simply ride it where I wanted it to be. Alas, that is not always possible. Yours, Thomas Lynn Skean On May 10, 7:46 am, "Scott G." <sco...@primax.com> wrote: > On May 9, 11:22 pm, Erik <efrob...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > The wheel can still be removed without a wrench, > > which seems to be the major objective. > > But if you want tool less wheel removal, use a wing nut, > simpler than a q/r with lips. You just tighten a wingnut, none > the extra complication of tighten some, then move this lever, > no the lever moved too easily, open the lever, tighten the nut, > close the lever again. > > I use wing nuts on vintage bikes, they really are simpler > than a q/r encumbered by the lawyer lips. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
