Originally Posted by
jgwilliams
Frankly, that's tosh. There's no point having QR if it's so tight it can't be undone by hand, and the angle was pretty much dictated by the design of the fork.
Not really. The QR doesn't have to be so tight that you can't open it by hand, and you can position the lever in unlimited angles--even straight down if that's what floats your boat.