rduenas

and help me find the right one.

I just came across a Spin tri-spoke but it needs a skewers. I have a Bridgestone frame that only accepts a 8mm slotted axle at the fork (old school NJS). Now I know nothing about skewers. All my wheels, ever, have been bolted on with axle nuts. Is it going to be hard to skewer that fits? Do they even work on that same scale (8mm/9mm/10mm)? Or do I have nothing to worry about, any will do? Also, spacing is not an issue.

zacked

As far as I know, all front skewers are the same dimensions. The hollow axle on that wheel is almost definitely 9mm though, so good luck getting it in the fork.

SSSasky

I think spacing is the only issue.

Well, and the axle on the wheel. The skewer is almost irrelevant. The skewer just goes through the axle. The important thing is whether or not the axle fits the fork - the axle being the hollow tube in the wheel that the skewer goes through. Theoretically, you could probably file the fork so it fits a modern 9mm axle, but that would be kind of lame to do to a classic Keirin frame.

If I understand the internet correctly, you should be able to just file a couple flats on the axle (.5mm off parallel sides off each end) so it fits in. You'd probably need to just basically file the threads off, as straight and parallel as possible. Any normal front skewer should work.

alaska

whoa, careful now. you probably don't want to file a hollow axle. take out the axle and replace it with a solid axle, then file it down to 8mm. i've done it a couple of times and it's somewhat difficult to get your files perfectly parallel but it all works fine.

JBD

I don't think there's anything wrong with filing a qr axle, it's all under compression when you're done anyways. IIRC Sheldon filed his down to the nut to get the clearance needed on his and used a closed cam skewer. this was on the rear mind you, so I don't think the op will have any issues with filing his axle.


Edit: sheldon's example here