Skewer on ritchey wheels

peter gager at [email hidden] wrote on 9/10/03 6:08 AM:

Quoted message said:

The skewer came on a new ritchey Pro V front wheel. any guidelines for tightening? the rule of
thumb that states the lever should begin to feel resistance when perpendicular to the wheel doesnt
seem right here...this would take a lot of force to close. thanks, peter

Unless they've redesigned them, you have to push like heck to get them to close - of all the QR's
I've ever used, it's the only one I've ever had let go on me. Granted it was on a very steep uphill,
on a new bike with very thick paint on the dropouts.

My experience has been that the adjustment between "too-loose" and "too-tight" is a very
narrow window.

-- Jim

Jim Edgar said:

peter gager at [email hidden] wrote on 9/10/03 6:08 AM:

Quoted message said:

The skewer came on a new ritchey Pro V front wheel. any guidelines for tightening? the rule of
thumb that states the lever should begin to feel resistance when perpendicular to the wheel
doesnt seem right here...this would take a lot of force to close. thanks, peter

Unless they've redesigned them, you have to push like heck to get them to close - of all the QR's
I've ever used, it's the only one I've ever had let go on me. Granted it was on a very steep
uphill, on a new bike with very thick paint on the dropouts.

My experience has been that the adjustment between "too-loose" and "too-tight" is a very
narrow window.

They must have changed them - the (old) Ritchey skewers I'm still using have the best action of any
QR skewers I've ever used. Smooth, and cammed to provide the last bit of closure with higher
mechanical advantage. The Delryn (sp?) insert seems to be the thing that made them different from
the (awful) Ringle' skewers I bought about the same time I got the Ritcheys.

Mark Hickey Habanero Cycles habcycles.comhabcycles.comOpen ↗ Home of the $695 ti frame

Thanks, but any specific advice for how to tighten the skewer? This is the newer one with the white
plastic piece (with concave side) between the lever and hub. Thanks Peter

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Quoted message said:

Thanks, but any specific advice for how to tighten the skewer? This is the newer one with the
white plastic piece (with concave side) between the lever and hub.

If it's too hard to close at what you *think* is the half-way point, release and open the nut
a bit more.

Bill "not really rocket science" S.

Sorni said:

"peter gager" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

Thanks, but any specific advice for how to tighten the skewer? This is the newer one with the
white plastic piece (with concave side) between the lever and hub.

If it's too hard to close at what you *think* is the half-way point, release and open the nut a
bit more.

Yep, that pretty much sums it up. I set it so it's snug just before the lever is half-closed - with
some other skewers, that would be a little TOO tight.

Mark Hickey Habanero Cycles habcycles.comhabcycles.comOpen ↗ Home of the $695 ti frame