Originally Posted by
wolfchild
Those little safety tabs are a non-issue when removing or installing a wheel, I never had a problem with removing a wheel... Grinding them off just to save weight or just because everybody around you is doing it is just dumb. A little bit of extra security on the from isn`t a bad thing.
It would be more for a quicker removal and preference, than "saving wieght", taking a piss would be more wieght savings. Trust, a loose QR will eventually bypass those lawyer lips, and so will loose nuts- ask me how I know.