Originally Posted by
tar wheels
Seems to me that they would still offer more of a deterrent than quick release or standard skewers. A few seconds of hassle for a potential thief could make all the difference.
Except that for an extra 20 bucks you can do far better, tho not perfect, so why quibble? Any locking skewer system has the downside of now you have to allways have the key with you to change a flat, load into a small car etc., so the security advantage has to be great enough to outweigh that hassle, which imo, this doesn't have, since pliers are so common. The serrations are really the last straw. They just scream to a thief, twist me! I felt deceived and ripped off.