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Old 02-02-06 | 01:25 PM
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Bikes: 2004 Raleigh Talus, 2001 Motobecane Vent Noir (Custom build for heavy riders)

This all goes back to my opinion: NO X-MART BIKE SHOULD EVER BE SOLD WITH QR SKEWERS. Nutted skewers only.

Reason for this is to allow safety to those who don't understand how a QR skewer works. Majority of these folks buy from discount/dept stores, NOT LBS's, who usually make it a point to explain how these things work.

We don't need laws about unsafe product, we just need the industry to get their heads out of their rectums long enough to realize the right answer....that not all people are mechanically inclined enough to use a wheelbarrow right, let alone a QR, so let's adapt the product to make it safer for those people at the market level they would be most likely to buy it from.
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