Did You Say "Skewers?"
 

Seems like there is some interest in skewers in the addiction thread. I'll just start with some of my favorites, and you all can take it from there.

Very light "standard" skewer, very high quality and also very expensive. 19-22g

http://i61.tinypic.com/33k8393.jpg

What I have seen as the lightest yet (17g), and looks pretty aero while still relatively cheap at $90. Down side is that you need a tool to adjust the tension.

http://i60.tinypic.com/k3n97n.jpg

What looks to be aero (supposed to save 2 watts,) and is designed by a very good company, pretty cheap at $80 for titanium (65g) and $40 for steel (85g).
http://i59.tinypic.com/28k1ouq.jpg

An example of a cheaper while still light option. Range from $10 to $30, 45g - 60g. I actually have a set of these skewers that came with
my wheel set. Came in at 51g, and they hold just fine.

http://i57.tinypic.com/aekzfl.jpg

Campagnolo Record

http://www.competitivecyclist.com/im...122/ONECOL.jpg

Paul

https://s3-us-west-1.amazonaws.com/p...nut_1_zoom.jpg

Not all-inclusive. https://fairwheelbikes.com/c/reviews...skewer-review/

Huh. I never knew there were high end skewers of this tier. I just grab whatever came on my bike or whatever is the cheapest on the shelf.

Some of those look unreliable.

This belongs here.

AngryAsian: Death to crappy quick-release skewers - BikeRadar

shimano on everything I own.

All steel construction.
http://cdn3.bigcommerce.com/s-1rmgck...00.750.jpg?c=2
http://www.wilsoncycles.co.uk/shop/p...%20898.jpg.jpg

Tune AC 14s are sweet in the lightweight camp, but I'm quite happy with the Ritchey, American Classic, and Velocity skewers I'm running right now. Velocity's are internal cam type.

I don't like ti skewers. They stretch too much, I have to crank the rear down super tight to prevent squeaking, but eventually it will squeak anyways. They've been sitting in the parts bin for years.

Doesn't get any easier than.....righty tighty-lefty loosey

DT Swiss - RWS Road titan

Huh?

The DT skewers don't have lever throw, they just screw, and don't need to be "cranked down on hard" in the conventional sense. He was suggesting they ate a better Ti option for that reason.

I remember lusting after Motolites and LoveLevers back in the day, but these, well, these are...unfortunate.

Ah, gotcha. Interesting.

Some of us still ride frames with Horizontal dropouts and forks w/o "lawyer lips", only "internal/enclosed cam" designs like the classic Campagnolo Record or current Shimano models should be used with these designs.

http://bikeforums.net/attachment.php...hmentid=436727

-Bandera

This engineer sees room for improvement... The basic user-adjustable function of a QR skewer is going to result in inconsistent strain from one clamping to the next, which means most of the available clamping force is wasted, and thus there is wasted material, much like tightening a bolt without a torque wrench, and it will apply inconsistent loads to the wheel bearings. It requires a lot of twiddling, in the front due to the lawyer lips and in the rear for installation jiggles. How can we reduce the fuss while providing enough slop when they're open? How then can we get a consistent strain when closed after dealing with all that slop, and slightly different sizes of everyone's hubs and dropouts?

I thought they were called internal cam.

Zeus "2000" enclosed cam, steel shaft with titanium end pieces:

http://www.os2.dhs.org/~john/zeus-ti-skewer.jpg

Thanks, will correct.

In 2015, that's what roadies use to do a benchpress.

They go for weight-weenie skewers coupled with boat-anchor low spoke count wheels. Go figure...

^^ Hahaha! That's funny, Silvercivic27!