Originally Posted by catatonic
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.
Even bikes coming from LBS have had problems with QRs. The QR is a red-herring, it's not the problem. However, I agree with the nutted-axles on low-end bikes. Simpler and most non-enthusiast bikers would be more familiar with them.