Old 07-31-22 | 09:10 PM
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Originally Posted by smd4
I doubt that in the entire history of the quick release, a stray branch has never once opened a front-facing quick release.
I bet it has happened. You'd be surprised what you see if you do not own a car, live where distances start at three miles and there is no public transportation. (And you live in a place of real weather.) I didn't own a car until my early 30s. I've ridden in storms more than a few times. I build and mount my front wheels inside spokes pulling because I fear that branch wedging between wheel and fork. Fallen branches have taken me down but so far, not by opening rear facing front QRs or jamming in my fork.
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