Quick Release

[Glasgow44]

What is the best way to make sure quick release levers are kept easy to get on and off. What should I use to stop them from becoming stiff and difficult?

 

[MontyVeda]

lubricant.... and they don't need to be tight, just taught.

 

[Glasgow44]

lubricant.... and they don't need to be tight, just taught.

Ordinary Lubricant? I have GT85 - will that do?

 

[Pat "5mph"]

Lubricant? Don't!
Just do them up not so tight, and close them in a position so that you have leverage from the frame when you need to open them.

 

[DaveReading]

lubricant.... and they don't need to be tight, just taught.

When mine became difficult to undo, I taught them a few choice words.

 

[Andy_R]

lubricant.... and they don't need to be tight, just taught.

Give them a spanking with a hammer, that'll teach them.

 

[DaveReading]

Quick releases rely on friction to work

No, they don't.

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

No, they don't.

Is it inertia and a lack of leverage?

But enough about my life story.....

 

[Crankarm]

What is the best way to make sure quick release levers are kept easy to get on and off. What should I use to stop them from becoming stiff and difficult?

You have slow release skewers. You need to buy the quick release versions.

 

[Tim Hall]

Regarding lubrication - a drop of oil/gt85/other in the lever gubbins (stop me if I'm getting too technical) is probably a good idea. Keep the oil etc away from the bits that clamp the dropouts.

 

[Vantage]

[QUOTE 5234887, member: 45"]They should be tight enough that they leave an impression in the palm of your hand.[/QUOTE]

This ^

 

[midlife]

[QUOTE 5234887, member: 45"]They should be tight enough that they leave an impression in the palm of your hand.[/QUOTE]

Unless you have chromed long dropouts from the 70's and then they have to be tight enough to make your palms bleed

 

[Shut Up Legs]

Just don't do them too tight. I did that once years ago, and managed to snap the skewer (fortunately not while cycling). It was the axle part of the skewer which snapped, not the lever. But since it snapped while I was pushing the lever in, no harm done to myself, so I was lucky.

 

[si_c]

Just don't do them too tight. I did that once years ago, and managed to snap the skewer (fortunately not while cycling). It was the axle part of the skewer which snapped, not the lever. But since it snapped while I was pushing the lever in, no harm done to myself, so I was lucky.

Done that too! Long walk to the station!

 

[MontyVeda]

Quick releases rely on friction to work, so don't be using lubricant!

i thought it was a cam.