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Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Madison, WI
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Bikes: 1961 Ideor, 1966 Perfekt 3 Speed AB Hub, 1994 Bridgestone MB-6, 2006 Airnimal Joey, 2009 Thorn Sherpa, 2013 Thorn Nomad MkII, 2015 VO Pass Hunter, 2017 Lynskey Backroad, 2017 Raleigh Gran Prix, 1980s Bianchi Mixte on a trainer. Others are now gone.
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I built up my Airnimal Joey from the frame and fork, thus the wheels were my choice.
The front wheel has to be removed to fold, so of course it has a quick release. I put a Sram Dual Drive rear hub on it for wider gearing, that hub was only available with a nutted axle, thus I need an open end wrench to remove it.
If you have quick release and normal full size wheel hubs (100mm front, 130mm or 135mm rear) and prefer not to have quick release, you can buy bolt on skewers. I use those for touring on full size bikes, need a 5mm allen wrench to remove the wheel. When touring, I did that as a anti-theft measure. There are skewers that require a special key or wrench to remove, but I know I would lose that so I use ones that use any 5mm allen wrench. I assume most thieves are opportunists and do not carry a 5mm allen wrench.