How many beginners don't understand how a QR works?
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how can disc rotors possibly interfere with the Q/R lever?????!?!!?
It's not the rotors it's the calipers.
biggs682
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i always try to align my chain link up with outer fr chainring so they match
deptfordmarmoset
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And what happens when you've got them lined up? Do you just stop cycling?
biggs682
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no i try to calculate how many revolutions it will be before they re align themselves , this cycling lark is hard work
no i try to calculate how many revolutions it will be before they re align themselves , this cycling lark is hard work
And how many?
deptfordmarmoset
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I reckon he'd cycle into a parked car before he's calculated accurately.
biggs682
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i get confused counting after 3 so give up
gwhite
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For the most part "Directional tread " tyres are mere hype. Only in some heavy-duty MTB tyres does the direction of the tread matter.
http://www.schwalbetires.com/tech_info/tire_tread
http://www.schwalbetires.com/tech_info/tire_tread
I like Skol
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how can disc rotors possibly interfere with the Q/R lever?????!?!!?
Both my bikes with disc brakes have the QR lever comfortably on the disc/caliper side of the hub just as it should be. The wheels are also the 'right' way round, just as they should be. All this nonsense about the wheel being uni-directional is utter bunkum and will end badly.
As can be seen here, apart from the fact it is a disc specific hub, if the wheel were to be fitted the other way around the logo would be upside down
EDIT: Just a point of order, the hub logo must align with the valve hole in the rim and this must then be aligned or 180° opposite to the tyre logos.
martint235
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snailracer
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I have come across fasteners on bicycles that resemble QR's but aren't. I would describe them as wingnuts, but with only one very long wing that swivels, and no cam.
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growingvegetables
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Not just beginnners, I'm afraid. Aye, and I plead guilty, as charged.
Working in a school. Bike supposedly safe in bike shed, in front of school office windows.
And a kid loosened off my front QR. Bad enough - but the little ....... lined up the wee handle again, just the way I like it, and I simply didn't know for a couple of days. Fortunately, I was visited by the ........ fairy. As I lifted the bike up over the kerb, front wheel fell out.
Moral? Doesn't matter how anal you are about looking at the angle - just looking ain't enough!.
Andrew Br
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A word* of caution Ian.
I used to run my Dirty Disco like that but after
I'd put the QR on the right because I'd read somewhere that it helped reduce the likelihood of the wheel being ejected under heavy braking. I'm not sure where I read this.......
There was no obvious sign that the QR had come loose since the lever was in exactly the same place. It was the nut on the other side that had unscrewed. I wonder whether the rotation of the wheel had caused it gradually to slacken.
I'm using Hope QRs in Hope hubs.
The most obvious symptom that the lever was loose was a very dead sound from the fork if I picked the front of the bike up and dropped it on the ground.
It happened most memorably on the Friday's Tour this year, just before we climbed a steep hill. We went down the other side at high speed. Ulp.
Needless to say, I check the QRs very frequently now and I would never remove the "Lawyer's Lips" from the tabs.
* Sorry, that's lots of words.
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Ok, you've convinced me..I'll give it a go.
Though have not had any problems in 12,000 miles.