My stupid C&V question where does you QR lever point towards on your bike....
02-24-12, 11:12 PM
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02-24-12, 11:17 PM
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I point mine towards Jesus, but only when I want him to sell me a taco.
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02-24-12, 11:20 PM
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What??? Only 2 wheels?
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That's a nice Toeguep. But it isn't a 01-XP.
Next thing, you guys will be saying the rim labels have to face the drive side.
Next thing, you guys will be saying the rim labels have to face the drive side.
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02-24-12, 11:22 PM
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Back in the 80s, it was 'fashionable' to have the levers parallel to each other, with the front one taking precedent. Front gets set parallel to the fork blade above the front dropout. Comes to about 1-2 o'clock.
48 at 48-19 by WNG555, on Flickr
More recently, I've began to tuck the rear skewer between the stays, with it parallel to the seat stay. Note that Shimano's rear skewer has the imprinted words reading proper in forward facing position.
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Also, modern cam skewers and some fat bike tubes make the 2 o'clock set up look off. And downright impossible at the front.
Slow day.
48 at 48-19 by WNG555, on Flickr
More recently, I've began to tuck the rear skewer between the stays, with it parallel to the seat stay. Note that Shimano's rear skewer has the imprinted words reading proper in forward facing position.
IMG_1171 by WNG555, on Flickr
Also, modern cam skewers and some fat bike tubes make the 2 o'clock set up look off. And downright impossible at the front.
Slow day.
02-25-12, 02:23 AM
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02-25-12, 05:51 AM
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It seems the opinions and preferences expressed upline weigh in on the side of form over function.
Reading Shimano hub/skewer doc lights the way: the AXLE of the QR should be perpendicular to your dropout. So rather than a matter of style, it's one of safety.
'nuff said?
Reading Shimano hub/skewer doc lights the way: the AXLE of the QR should be perpendicular to your dropout. So rather than a matter of style, it's one of safety.
'nuff said?
02-25-12, 06:08 AM
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No, that's not enuf said. That sentence doesn't makes sense. The AXLE of the quick release skewer has nothing to do with where the lever goes. Do you mean LEVER? If if you do mean handle, or lever, it sill doesn't make sense. How does one place the lever perpendicular to the dropout?
02-25-12, 06:33 AM
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Given that the dropout is a planar surface, the skewer would be normal to (which is to say, perpendicular to) the dropout. 'Tain't no other way to use it.
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02-25-12, 08:43 AM
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So if I have a horizontal dropout I'm to leave my QR lever sticking out behind the frame? Not only does that look stupid, the lever is more exposed. I'll pass.
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02-25-12, 08:54 AM
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The skewer? Of course the skewer is perpendicular to the dropout planar surface. The Lever? If the lever were perpendicular to the dropout planar surface it would be in the "open" position. Am I missing something here? Isn't this thread about lever position? In which case, the lever is PARALLEL to the dropout planar surface. When closed, that is.
02-25-12, 08:56 AM
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I think you're confused, Scott. When the QR is closed, the QR lever will be perpendicular to the skewer/axle no matter which way you point it. But, yeah, this thread is about which direction we point the QR lever.
There is no functional reason to have the QR lever parallel with the direction of the dropout.
There is no functional reason to have the QR lever parallel with the direction of the dropout.
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02-25-12, 09:16 AM
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I think you're confused, Scott. When the QR is closed, the QR lever will be perpendicular to the skewer/axle no matter which way you point it. But, yeah, this thread is about which direction we point the QR lever.
There is no functional reason to have the QR lever parallel with the direction of the dropout.
There is no functional reason to have the QR lever parallel with the direction of the dropout.
02-25-12, 06:41 PM
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2:00 does make sense for the front lever, but I now remember why I also have it at 2:00 at the rear. When I pull on my rear wheel into the dropouts from behind the bike, the rear lever at the 2:00 position makes it convenient and easy to both pull back on the axle against the tension from the RD pivot springs with my index and finger hooking the head and nut of the skewer and close the lever with my left palm in one action when I feel the axle bottom out on the adjusters on the DOs. My thumbs go on to the seat stays for leverage and to stabilize and help center the wheel between the DOs.
So I stay with 2:00 for both front and rear for my bikes.
Chombi
So I stay with 2:00 for both front and rear for my bikes.
Chombi
