Anti theft wheel skewers

wobblejaw

I wanted to put these on my bike to try and fend off opportunist wheel thieves but the reveiws on Wiggle for the Zefal product says they stick after a month or so. That doesn't sound good at all.

http://www.wiggle.co.uk/zefal-locknroll ... ewer-pair/

Anyone had any experience with this product? Or can recommend an alternative?

Gracias

danlikesbikes

Have read quite a few reviews from users saying that unless you lock the bike so that it can't be lifted up they work but if only say a D-lock into the rear triangle and the front can be lifted up the skewers can be undone. This alone put me off buying a set for the other half to use for a commuting bike.

bernithebiker

I use allen bolt skewers.

Not VERY anti-theft, but a bit, as hopefully your average thief might have left his 6mm allen key at home...!

(Light too!)

wobblejaw

I was thinking about sticking them on too. They do a range of colours on Wiggle and they're pretty cheap (about £8 a pair). Like you say they would fend off non allen key wielding toe rags (around 80-90 %), can't be bad!

antonyfromoz

I have just fitted a set of the allen bolt skewers on too - Halo from memory. They would probably be a bit less likely to be stolen as mentioned above, are light and IMO look very neat too!

Lumpy Roads

Apologies for resurrecting this subject. I will hopefully be receiving my new wheels from Ugo in the next week or so. I can see that these skewers will offer a little more protection from theft than the normal QR skewer. My question is: Do they do as effective a job as QR Skewers, I am concerned that they are a bit cheaper, so are they therefore less efficient as a wheel holding on contraption. I would be interested to hear if anyone who has used them, has had any adverse experiences. Thanks in anticipation.

Steve

MisterMuncher

I've been using pinned hex skewers for a good while now. Cheaper, more secure, lighter, and will fend of the 99.9% of non pinned-hex key carrying toe rags. And you when you get a puncture on the one day you conspire to leave said key at home before going for a ride. (TIP: Specialized make a lightweight multitool that has the cores drilled out of the hex keys to save weight. This is ideal!)

bernithebiker

Lumpy Roads wrote:

Apologies for resurrecting this subject. I will hopefully be receiving my new wheels from Ugo in the next week or so. I can see that these skewers will offer a little more protection from theft than the normal QR skewer. My question is: Do they do as effective a job as QR Skewers, I am concerned that they are a bit cheaper, so are they therefore less efficient as a wheel holding on contraption. I would be interested to hear if anyone who has used them, has had any adverse experiences. Thanks in anticipation.

Steve

They are the same if not better, as you can gauge exactly how tight you want them. The strength of the actual axle itself is, to all intents and purposes, the same.

antonyfromoz

I have had no problems at all with the Halo hex skewers and have no hesitation in recommending them. Regarding getting a puncture on the day you forget your hex key - I always keep a multitool in my saddle bag and if i forget that then I have no way of fixing the puncture anyway so it would make no difference

Lumpy Roads

Cheers Munch, Berni and Ant,
It seems a no-brainer, I'm never in a hurry to rip my wheel off and it may just act as a deterrent. Thanks for your advice.
Steve

Callum_62

I've recently swapped my quick release skewers over for allen key skewers. I guess they are somewhere between quick release and security key based skewers for safety - but they do tend to be a bit lighter than the secure ones, especially if you get them in Titanium.

My thinking was that most opportunistic thieves won't be carrying round a 6mm allen key.