Originally Posted by stevo
With absolutely no disrespect to dkb; this sounds like the words of someone who's never ridden a QR fixed. I know this is a common sentiment, but a proper QR setup should not slip.
Sure, torque could be higher when using higher gearing than the same person would use on a geared bike, but I really doubt its higher than the TDF sprinters and climbers who've used QRs on horizontal drops for scores of years without this mysterious slipping.
FWIW - I've been using (prettymuch) exclusively QRs on my fix for 18 years w/out a single slip.
I had QRs on my fixie for a while. They sucked, they were constantly slipping. the beauty was that I could just hop off the bike and tighten it back down again, 15 second job. I have bolts now, and they dont slip, and its lovely.