Originally Posted by
Jynx
I heard that skewers have a large effect on wheel stiffness (as far as the wheel flexing into the brakepads) and that cheap or weak skewers lead to a lot of brake rub and it is best to stay with steel skewers if that is a concern. Is this a problem with the lightweight KCNC's? I weigh 190 so I am no lightweight.
Yes, I weight 150 lbs and I cannot use the KCNC skewers on my steel bike, particularly the rear wheel. I do not race and am weak but when mashing or sprinting hard on my steel bike, I make the rear brakes rub (this is partly due to the dropout style on the steel bike) when using KCNC skewers. I changed the rear skewer to a Dura Ace internal cam and everything is fine.
On my CF bike, the KCNC skewers are fine; you have to make sure to get them tight though because of their short lever, it seems like they are tighter than they actually are.
The KCNC skewers are super light though; you can't even tell that you are holding them in your hand. The axle nut seems a bit cheap though but hey, that's part of how they get them so light
