Lightweight Skewers.

designman
designman Posts: 405
edited June 2011 in Road buying advice
Does anyone use lightweight skewers?
And if so what do you recommend?
At the moment I'm using the DA ones which came with my DA 7850 CL wheels but like to get some lightweight ones.

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  • P_Tucker
    P_Tucker Posts: 1,878
    For the love of god why?
  • grotty
    grotty Posts: 151
    Perhaps he'd like some bling on his bike, dare I say...

    My only experience was using the ControlTech Ti race skewers on my mountain bike - mainly because they weren't QRs. Can't remember the exact weight but they are silly light (and silly expensive for what they are) and a road specific version is available.
  • Bozman
    Bozman Posts: 2,518
    Planet X Ti wheel skewers 44g a pair, roughly £30
  • rc856
    rc856 Posts: 1,144
    Without weighing my own, how much do regular skewers weigh?
  • maddog 2
    maddog 2 Posts: 8,114
    I also use the Control Tech ti ones.
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  • gkerr4
    gkerr4 Posts: 3,408
    not exactly "quick release" - but God i love these:

    http://www.poshbikes.com/product.php?id=330
  • Pseudonym
    Pseudonym Posts: 1,032
    Bozman wrote:
    Planet X Ti wheel skewers 44g a pair, roughly £30

    got a pair for xmas - tried them and then took them off because they wouldn't stop creaking, no matter how tight they were done up. Gone back to DA skewers - slightly heavier but problem free.
  • Bobbinogs
    Bobbinogs Posts: 4,841
    gkerr4 wrote:
    not exactly "quick release" - but God i love these:

    http://www.poshbikes.com/product.php?id=330

    Barking mad (not you gkerr4!). Pay a fortune to save a few grammes...and have to carry a spanner in case you puncture, which will offset any weight saving that has cost so much in the first place. :roll: .
  • gkerr4
    gkerr4 Posts: 3,408
    Bobbinogs wrote:
    gkerr4 wrote:
    not exactly "quick release" - but God i love these:

    http://www.poshbikes.com/product.php?id=330

    Barking mad (not you gkerr4!). Pay a fortune to save a few grammes...and have to carry a spanner in case you puncture, which will offset any weight saving that has cost so much in the first place. :roll: .

    oh no, i am barking mad! :D

    ha ha

    go on, admit it - they are sweet though arent they....

    i do agree with you though - hence why i have looked at that web-page for years and not actually ordered any! - they aren't prohibitively expensive, but they don't add much value to the bike either!
  • PieterM
    PieterM Posts: 167
    I am a very happy user of the cheap Planet X ti quick releases. Some of the easiest weight saving per £ that you can get on your set-up (rider excluded of course).
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  • ajb72
    ajb72 Posts: 1,178
    PieterM wrote:
    I am a very happy user of the cheap Planet X ti quick releases. Some of the easiest weight saving per £ that you can get on your set-up (rider excluded of course).

    +1. They were on offer at £19 a pair when I looked last week, great bargain.
  • rozzer32
    rozzer32 Posts: 3,923
    another +1 for the planet x ones from me.
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  • gmb
    gmb Posts: 456
    Another fan of the (admittedly very common) PX ti skewers here...
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  • ColinJ
    ColinJ Posts: 2,218
    Two people I know did and both kept pulling their rear wheels out. Problem solved by going back to standard 'heavy duty' Shimano or Campagnolo QR skewers.

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