"Now try that one-handed." Why? So you can hold an espresso in the other hand? :)
If by one handed you mean one hand on the handlebars for when you lift the front end of the bike off the front wheel, then the way I've done it (without really thinking about it) was to use my left calf on the nut side. Probably this is grounds for another youtube movie for those who can't visualize it. The bike shop I worked at the longest period of time included new bikes stored on hooks with the front wheel off. So, for about 7 years, I probably put on and took off between 30 and 100 front wheels per day on a bike with lawyer lips. It works like this: Taking the wheel off: 0. Open front brake QR as necessary 1. Left hand holds the bars at the stem 2. Right hand opens skewer 3. Left calf pressed onto QR nut 4. Right hand unscrews QR 4 full revolutions 5. Left hand lifts and balances front end of bike 6. Right hand grabs front wheel Putting the wheel on 0. Left hand holds and balances front end of bike by holding bars at the center 1. Right hand holds front wheel 2. Left hand lowers fork tips onto front wheel 3. Left calf pressed onto QR nut 4. Right hand screws down open QR skewer 4 full revolutions 5. Right hand closes QR skewer 6. Attach front brake as necessary Fortunately in the Shimano-dominated times you can hold the QR nut with your calf. Unusually tight friction on some QR nuts makes this impossible. In my experience that has included Salsas and Campagnolo Super Record. My wife's Yves Gomez has lawyer lips and I use the above technique. She's got Deore hubs so it works. My Bombadil has Salsa skewers, but no lawyer lips, so no problem. On May 10, 12:54 pm, Steve Palincsar <palin...@his.com> wrote: > On Tue, 2011-05-10 at 11:04 -0700, CycloFiend wrote: > > on 5/10/11 4:17 AM, Steve Palincsar at palin...@his.com wrote: > > > > Yes, but it turns a "quick release" lever into nothing more than an > > > asymmetrical wing nut and turns "quick" into a cruel joke. > > > I found that with lipped fork tips, I just open the QR, count "half" turns > > of the lever, then remove (always 4 on the QBeam). Then when I remount, > > four (or the proper number) of "half" turns puts me right back where I can > > lever down. 1-2 seconds difference at most. > > Now try that one-handed. -- 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.
