Originally Posted by
srmatte
I used to have a fast bike with no safety quick releases.
There is no such thing as a "safety" quick release (unless you consider curved levers a "safety" Q/R) - only tabbed washers and extruded dropout edges.
Neither is a bike itself fast - the rider determines the speed.
Originally Posted by
srmatte
When my kids were little my wife noticed one of my releases was undone after the kids were playing near there.
Is there no end to basic mechanical
ineptness? If she had known how to tighten a Q/R skewer, a nasty accident would have been avoided.
Originally Posted by
srmatte
I keep the safety things on my wheels now, and check them every so often. But that's just me.
You're not solving the problem by relying on the stupidity clips (sounds to me as if you have tabbed washers) to compensate. Check your Q/R skewers just before you mount up, every time. Period.
-Kurt