Originally Posted by
FastJake
So the question is: do you have a good quality enclosed cam skewer? They're a must for horizontal rear dropouts and front disc brakes. The inferior exposed cam skewers will slip. If you have one, I strongly suggest you replace it. You don't want your front wheel coming out during hard braking!
While the exposed cam skewer may be inferior in some ways, they are lighter and have proven perfectly sufficient on my commuter with a front disc that does 99% of my braking (American Classic skewers). I'll hit 13,000 miles on that bike in another week or two. I personally wouldn't call the internal cam skewers a must for normal duty. The lawyer lips on my fork are huge though
And downhill MTB'ing might be a different story too.