Daft front wheel question???

[Mortiroloboy]

No No No. Or at least, not if you ride in groups. Too much chance of a contact unhooking it.

OMG!!!!! changed it!!!! never gave it that much thought , but now...

 

[Smokin Joe]

The rear QR lever running parallel to the chainstay because of the risk of hooking it in someones spokes is a bit of a myth. If you look at pictures from the eighties and before most riders had them facing straight up or to the rear. I certainly did in my younger days as did most people I raced with, and I never heard of it causing any problems.

It just became fashionable to run them along the chainstay because it looks neater and someone invented the safety bit. By the time anyone got close enough to tangle with your QR lever you would both be on the way down anyway.

 

[Dave5N]

By the time anyone got close enough to tangle with your QR lever you would both be on the way down anyway.

Nope.

It's not the spokes that are the problem. It's forks, stays, pedals. I think you've raced Joe. You will know what it's like when the bunch gets tight or someone gets it wrong. You can stay up if you touch riders. Just lean back. You can't if yer wheel falls out.

 

[Dave5N]

keep the levers out of the way behind the stays or fork blades.

 

[Smokin Joe]

Nope.

It's not the spokes that are the problem. It's forks, stays, pedals. I think you've raced Joe. You will know what it's like when the bunch gets tight or someone gets it wrong. You can stay up if you touch riders. Just lean back. You can't if yer wheel falls out.

That makes sense, but I've never known it actually happen. I run mine along the chainstay now, but it can be a sod to undo with some of the curved levers.

I've often thought of swapping the skewers for those anti-theft ones where you use an Allen key to open it instead of having a lever, but I'd never trust myself not to forget the bloody thing.

 

[jimboalee]

Nope.

It's not the spokes that are the problem. It's forks, stays, pedals.

You forgot about the other rider's leg.

 

[Arch]

That makes sense, but I've never known it actually happen. I run mine along the chainstay now, but it can be a sod to undo with some of the curved levers.

I've often thought of swapping the skewers for those anti-theft ones where you use an Allen key to open it instead of having a lever, but I'd never trust myself not to forget the bloody thing.

Zip tie, or gaffa tape, the necessary allen key to one of your tubes, or under your saddle...

 

[Dave5N]

You forgot about the other rider's leg.

No I didn't. If the lever is tucked in nice it is no danger to anyone.

And Joe, you're right. They can be a bugger to undo.

 

[Smokin Joe]

If you look at the "Best 25 riders" thread in Race, the pictures of Gimondi and Van SteenBerg show them both having their levers facing rearward. Whatever the merits of lever positioning, this is how I remember the majority of riders having them years ago.