Skewers

casatikid

Purchased a pair of Giant SLR1 42mm carbon wheels this weekend. Fantastic wheels but the skewers seem very heavy.
Anyone suggest a lighter pair that would be okay with these wheels?
Thanks in advance!

imposter2.0

[unhelpful reply]Can I suggest not bothering? Worrying about skewers is right up there with weighing your valve caps*, IMO.[unhelpful reply/}


* - 5 points to anyone who spots the irony here..

darkhairedlord

CASATIKID wrote:

Purchased a pair of Giant SLR1 42mm carbon wheels this weekend. Fantastic wheels but the skewers seem very heavy.
Anyone suggest a lighter pair that would be okay with these wheels?
Thanks in advance!

How much weight do you expect to save?

cooldad

Whatever random skewers I get on any bike, I always swap out for decent internal cam ones like Shimano.

OnTheRopes

Apart from a little weight save a nice pair of lightweight skewers can bling the bike up a bit.
I use these https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/FOURIERS-QR- ... 2425716543
I think they are available in different colours

imposter2.0

OnTheRopes wrote:

Apart from a little weight save a nice pair of lightweight skewers can bling the bike up a bit.
I use these https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/FOURIERS-QR- ... 2425716543
I think they are available in different colours

Identical to Planet X's ti skewers - except the PX versions are £8 cheaper.

OnTheRopes

Imposter wrote:

OnTheRopes wrote:

Apart from a little weight save a nice pair of lightweight skewers can bling the bike up a bit.
I use these https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/FOURIERS-QR- ... 2425716543
I think they are available in different colours

Identical to Planet X's ti skewers - except the PX versions are £8 cheaper.

Ideal

darkhairedlord

OnTheRopes wrote:

Imposter wrote:

OnTheRopes wrote:

Apart from a little weight save a nice pair of lightweight skewers can bling the bike up a bit.
I use these https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/FOURIERS-QR- ... 2425716543
I think they are available in different colours

Identical to Planet X's ti skewers - except the PX versions are £8 cheaper.

Ideal

Standard Shimano all day long.

Matthewfalle

Imposter wrote:

OnTheRopes wrote:

Apart from a little weight save a nice pair of lightweight skewers can bling the bike up a bit.
I use these https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/FOURIERS-QR- ... 2425716543
I think they are available in different colours

Identical to Planet X's ti skewers - except the PX versions are £8 cheaper.

This - MF has the carbon/ti PX ones on all his bikes and has never had a problem

#bargain

CitizenLee

I used to use ChiTanium ones from eBay HK when I had still QR equipped bikes. Cheap, light and never had any issues.

Livewire

I prefer skewers without the lever on the end, so you remove them using an allen key. Makes for a cleaner look plus they are probably lighter due to not having a lever.

I carry a multi tool wherever I go so will always be able to remove a wheel if need be.

https://www.tredz.co.uk/.Halo-Hex-Key-S ... gIA4_D_BwE

cooldad

Er so not quick release then?

svetty

Livewire wrote:

I prefer the quick release skewers without the lever on the end, so you remove them using an allen key. Makes for a cleaner look plus they are probably lighter due to not having a lever.

I carry a multi tool wherever I go so will always be able to remove a wheel if need be.

https://www.tredz.co.uk/.Halo-Hex-Key-S ... gIA4_D_BwE

The only reason to use these that I can see is that it makes wheel theft more challenging.

Livewire

cooldad wrote:

Er so not quick release then?

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Svetty wrote:

Livewire wrote:

I prefer the quick release skewers without the lever on the end, so you remove them using an allen key. Makes for a cleaner look plus they are probably lighter due to not having a lever.

I carry a multi tool wherever I go so will always be able to remove a wheel if need be.

https://www.tredz.co.uk/.Halo-Hex-Key-S ... gIA4_D_BwE

The only reason to use these that I can see is that it makes wheel theft more challenging.

My OCD cant cope with the look of levers sticking out :?

Matthewfalle

Livewire wrote:

I prefer skewers without the lever on the end, so you remove them using an allen key. Makes for a cleaner look plus they are probably lighter due to not having a lever.

I carry a multi tool wherever I go so will always be able to remove a wheel if need be.

https://www.tredz.co.uk/.Halo-Hex-Key-S ... gIA4_D_BwE

they are heavier than normal onesbecause they are made of steel so they don't chew up as opposed to carbon/ti ones like PX do.

#efficiency

Livewire

F**k it I just ordered a pair of the https://www.planetx.co.uk/i/q/WSPXTISTQ ... bon-levers

Cant wait to go out and smash all of my PB's but my eyes will have to put up with the look of the levers.

Matthewfalle

so long as you have bought the black ones all is cool- they are really thin and nice looking so no dramas. enjoy.

#gains

darkhairedlord

you can shorten the old skewers and add an old jockey wheel to make a chain keeper for maintenance.
#bikethrifty

ivor_pye

And I thought this was a thread about barbecues !

MiddleRinger

In case you were wondering how much weight you could save - here's a set of standard Mavic skewers on the left compared to a set of cheap Token brand titanium skewers on the right.



Talking in "cost per grams saved" that's probably good compared to some upgrades.

darkhairedlord

MiddleRinger wrote:

In case you were wondering how much weight you could save - here's a set of standard Mavic skewers on the left compared to a set of cheap Token brand titanium skewers on the right.



Talking in "cost per grams saved" that's probably good compared to some upgrades.

yeah, 60g, all over it.

ctp046

cooldad wrote:

Whatever random skewers I get on any bike, I always swap out for decent internal cam ones like Shimano.

This

Moonbiker

I like the look of the bling pauls components ones & tune ac14 but just have the shimano internal ones as cheaper

External ones a are rubbish.

chippyk

MiddleRinger wrote:

In case you were wondering how much weight you could save - here's a set of standard Mavic skewers on the left compared to a set of cheap Token brand titanium skewers on the right.



Talking in "cost per grams saved" that's probably good compared to some upgrades.

I’d not bother with the last mouthful of tea at the cafe stop and save myself a few quid. Or not carry a spare inner tube or two.

Livewire

Matthewfalle wrote:

so long as you have bought the black ones all is cool- they are really thin and nice looking so no dramas. enjoy.

#gains

Turns out the steel skewers I have are not so heavy after all, plus the planetX rear skewer is not long enough to fit my frame! So lesson learned and £25 down the drain.

MiddleRinger

And a whole SIX GRAMS lighter than my Ti set! I got swindled! Haha! :-)

Matthewfalle

Livewire wrote:

Matthewfalle wrote:

so long as you have bought the black ones all is cool- they are really thin and nice looking so no dramas. enjoy.

#gains

Turns out the steel skewers I have are not so heavy after all, plus the planetX rear skewer is not long enough to fit my frame! So lesson learned and £25 down the drain.

stop being so dramatic and send them back if you don't want them.

#dramalama

Matthewfalle

errr - you've saved a third of the weight on a set of skewers. thats pretty darn good. what did you expect?

#STUNNED

Livewire

Matthewfalle wrote:

Livewire wrote:

Matthewfalle wrote:

so long as you have bought the black ones all is cool- they are really thin and nice looking so no dramas. enjoy.

#gains

Turns out the steel skewers I have are not so heavy after all, plus the planetX rear skewer is not long enough to fit my frame! So lesson learned and £25 down the drain.

stop being so dramatic and send them back if you don't want them.

#dramalama

Gosh you sound just like my wife!!

#pipedownandgetbackinthekitchen