Originally Posted by
bulgie
Then nonferrous frames started having all sorts of different thicknesses of dropouts, and we lost that de facto standard thickness.
Don't even get me started on disk and through-axle on roadrace bikes, so dumb!
The prevalence of "lawyer lips" on fork ends got people accustomed to unscrewing and screwing quick releases (obviating the very idea of "quick release" IMO) to remove and replace the wheel, rather than adjusting the quick release once, then simply flipping the lever to remove or replace the wheel.