Originally Posted by velotimbe
holy crap -
to the person that mounted the blackburn lowrider to the suspension fork....
DO NOT RIDE YOUR BIKE. WTF are you thinking? That skewer holds your wheel on?
That setup is dental surgery waiting to happen.....
Well I had the same concern the first days but now it's been over 5000km with no problems at all. See, the U bolts are pretty tight providing support from the higher part and the skewer is also really tight.
Also, I analized the part and in my case the wheel is not being supported by the skewer but only secured in place by it. I could actually ride the bike withouth the front skewer while being careful not to lift the front wheel.
In the end, of course this kind of setup has some risk but I think it is for people who have an idea of what they're doing, and I think I do. Perhaps I should add a disclaimer to my post though.