Originally Posted by
wolfchild
Yes it will slip and not only that, but your chain will also stretch and become longer and make it impossible to get a proper tension, there just isn't enough room for adjustment. A quick release skewer is also not designed to support the weigh of the bike and the rider, that's why all quick releases have a hollow axle which goes into the drop out to support the weight and the stresses of riding. There is a reason why fixies come with nutted axles.
Update….about 70 miles this week on this bike and this set-up worked perfectly. Will it work it the long run, we’ll see!
To your point about skewer not handling the weight….well, it doesn’t have to. It’s the frame to nut interface that handles the weight, no different than a solid axle and nuts. It’s the clamping force at the serrated nuts to frame dropout that supports all the weight.
To your point as to why fixed gear bikes are typically done with nutted axles, it’s because at the velodrome, the QR set-up was deemed unsafe because riders would bump into each other and the risk of a QR loosening upon getting hit was too great. Better to force everyone to use nuts or bolts and ban the QR at the track. The idea that the QR can’t hold is a fallacy and it’s ability to hold in a fixed gear set-up has zero to do with why it is not allowed at the velodrome.