Originally Posted by
winston63
That design would help. But I still can't see it being easier than rim brakes + QR.
Perhaps it's my mechanical ineptitude, but I've got a bike with disks and thru-axles (Spec. Diverge) and it takes me quite a bit longer to get a tire off and on compared to my Scott with rim brakes and QR.
On the Scott I flip a lever to open the brake caliber, open the QR and fix the flat then reverse the process.
On the Diverge, I need to get an allen wrench, unscrew the inner skewer, remove it and the wheel. Fix the flat, then, if I'm lucky and it's the front tire, reverse the process which doesn't take much longer than it does with rim brakes.
If it's the rear tire (which it almost always is) I find it can be a bit finicky to get the chain back on the cassette while lining up the rotor between the disk brake pads and getting the wheel centered on the dropouts so I can thread the skewer back in. Then I need the allen wrench to tighten things up.
Sure, it's not the most difficult thing in the world, but it's definitely extra hassle beyond what I need to do with QR and rim brakes.
I think it's the requirement of the allen key that's slowing it down for you...that's a bit silly IMO.
Just a tip...but if you're religious about putting the chain in the smallest cog in back, and always making sure you seat the smallest cog onto the chain when you're putting the wheel back in, you'll get zero trouble from the disc; it'll slide right in.