Originally Posted by
Rowan
If your front wheel is not done up tightly, you should know, as a competent cyclist, within 10 yards of riding. But then, you wouldn't be a competent cyclist in the first place if the QR was loose, either.
This is just snobbery, plain and simple. These discussions about lips usually end up here.
Thankfully, in the mountain-bike world the standard QR is fast going the way of the dodo.