Originally Posted by
I-Like-To-Bike
You are stretching trying very hard to justify the correctness of U.S. bicycle distributors equipping bikes intended for their typical customers (especially those that are not "knowledgeable enthusiasts") with QR; and really stretching to imply that it would be ethical or safe to sell them without additional safety devices to protect those riders from the known QR fussiness to be precisely installed and correctly maintained by typical users.
I'm just saying that there does not exist a perfect system for bicycle wheel retention other than welding the axle to the dropout. Nothing is idiot proof because idiots are very clever sometimes. A simple "mattress tag" warning label on every QR lever stating "
WARNING...DO NOT mess with this thing without proper instruction from a trained professional" is going to save exactly no one from disaster. It will make the printing industry a little happier.