Originally Posted by
climberguy
Note that the reason you have to tighten the quick release skewer before closing the lever is that there is a lip at the bottom of the fork that is designed to prevent the wheel from coming off even if the lever opens while riding. That's the same reason you have to loosen (unscrew) the skewer after opening the lever before you can take the wheel off.
Lawyer lips.
After having several bikes without lawyer lips, I finally bought one with the dreaded lips, after my first flat on that bike, it took me a bit of looking to understand whey they took a simple procedure and made it complicated.
I wouldn't necessarily call them quick release anymore, but maybe easier release instead. I'm tempted to file them off, but I'm not sure it's worth the bother.