Originally Posted by Ziemas
For removal of the Pitlock and wheel while out and about you can use an Allan wrench through the holes in the Pitlock socket instead of a 14mm wrench.
Of note, this only works if the skewer has been properly cut down beforehand. Otherwise it'll protrude beyond the point where you can slide the allen wrench all the way through the pitlock key. If that happens you can still try to turn it by wedging the allen wrench in as deep as you can. But you won't be able to generate a lot of torque doing that.