Originally Posted by
DiabloScott
A quick release would work. The answer is mostly tradition. FG riders like to think somehow they put out so much more torque on a FG hub that it would pull a QR hub out of alignment but that's just hooey unless you don't know how to use a skewer properly.
There is a chain tensioning technique that requires you to alternately tighten each side individually that wouldn't work with QRs but there are other ways to do it.
Well, a good old fashioned, internal cam, Shimano or Campy steel QR will work, but most people today are going to try and use some weight weenie boutique external cam QR and that is not going to clamp tightly enough in horizontal dropouts to prevent the axle from slipping forward under load.