Closed cam skewers

Rudd

Hi all,

Just picked up a beautiful new ti road bike with hand built wheels (chris king and dt swiss 440) and slight miffed to find some rather cheapo quick release skewers attached. My fault really for not stipulating anything. So, does anyone have any recommendations for a nice set of bling skewers preferably closed cam as in my experience they grip a lot better.

Thanks in advance. David

MisterMuncher

You can't go wrong with Ultegra or Dura Ace skewers. Not easy to pick up individually, though.

taon24

Below are a few skewers for sale. I would recommend shimano. You might find that you get decent enough skewers from a cheap pair of hubs (claris/tiagra), they might not fit with the image of the bike though.

http://www.rosebikes.co.uk/article/shim ... aid:481910
http://www.rosebikes.co.uk/article/shim ... aid:481918
http://www.winstanleysbikes.co.uk/categ ... QR_Skewers
http://www.sjscycles.co.uk/skewers-dept ... e=1&page=1

marcusjb

MisterMuncher wrote:

You can't go wrong with Ultegra or Dura Ace skewers. Not easy to pick up individually, though.

Yep. They are not ever so bling, but they are really well made and secure. I have a couple of sets of Ultegra ones on wheels and they are hard to fault. Not hugely expensive either.