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12-30-09, 08:46 PM

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Kurt Kinetic Road Machine Skewer

I hate the skewer that came with my KK Road Machine. It is just a tad hard for me to adequately and effectively tighten the nut when I mount the Forte Titan rear wheel that I use on the KK.

Could somebody please recommend a steel rear skewer that can work with my KK Road Machine and is not too expensive.

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12-30-09, 10:51 PM

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any generic round skewer will be fine. as long as the ends are the same shape it wont matter.

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Originally Posted by LUCAS

It is just a tad hard for me to adequately and effectively tighten the nut when I mount the Forte Titan rear wheel that I use on the KK.

This may sound too obvious, but do you know how to tighten a quick release skewer? If all you're doing is trying to tighten the nut by hand, you'll never get the skewer tight enough in the dropouts. The cam lever on the other side of the skewer is there for a reason. The KK skewer is more than adequate when used properly.

Go about 2/3rds down this page to where they show how to close a QR.

Oh, and one other thing. Your KK skewer does have a conical spring on each end, right?

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