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Submitted by
Tutschel
a Weekend Warrior
from Ireland
Date Reviewed: May 27, 2009 | | Favorite Trail: | Any single trail | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$130.00 | | Purchased At: | Bikediscount.de | | Strengths: | Strong and lightweight. Very sleek. | | Weaknesses: | Extremely dangerous closing mechanism (or should I say lack of a proper one) - no stopper mechanism like in normal quick releases, leading to the lever being able to swing right around (360 degrees) with the possibility of ripping through rotating spokes and damaging disc brake (best case scenario) and leading to possible crash resulting in serious injury or death (worst case scenario).
Overly expensive. | | Similar Products Used: | Various other standard non Ti quick releases. | | Bike Setup: | MTB | | Bottom Line: | Poorly designed with regard to safety. Tune need to go back to the drawing board with this one and get the simple things right. Especially at that price! | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Jerry
a Cross Country Rider
from Austria
Date Reviewed: June 29, 2004 | | Favorite Trail: | straight through the woods | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$80.00 | | Strengths: | Lightest ever, strong, technically perfect and beautiful | | Weaknesses: | Price | | Similar Products Used: | XTR stuff | | Bike Setup: | Trek OCLV97, rohloff, race face, eggbeaters, thudbuster, chris king, tune hubs, DT swiss, mavic, nokon, avid, .. | | Bottom Line: | Both of them weigh less than one XTR skewer. Never failed, strong. Clamp mechanism simple and extremely effective - and I do only ride where there is no trail or road.
Worth the price | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Andreas Klauser
a
from Feldafing
Date Reviewed: June 20, 2002 | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$80.00 | | Purchased At: | Whizz Wheels | | Strengths: | low weight, look nice | | Weaknesses: | not strong enough, clamp mechanism unsafe | | Similar Products Used: | Shimano LX, XT, XTR, Salsa CroMoly | | Bike Setup: | Trek 9900 OCLV | | Bottom Line: | The lightest available. But... not strong enough, at least when you are big. Especially wobbly, when you happen to use a light fork, too, as you will when you want to use these skewers. The bike is definitely more stable with solid steel ones. An the clamp mechanism is not awe inspiring either: there is no clear cut end point of the closure move, and the thing might just get into the way of the spokes. So I use the tune hubs (black) with Salsa CroMoly skewers, which suit nicely with respect to function, coulour and finish. To say something nice about tune: those tune hubs are top notch. I've used them for four years now, and they work splendidly under a heavy weught rider (220 lbs). | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Blau
a Weekend Warrior
from Zürich
Date Reviewed: September 1, 1999 | | Favorite Trail: |
Uetli | | Duration Product Used: |
tested or demo'ed only | | Strengths: |
Light,durable,49gramms | | Weaknesses: |
hmm | | Similar Products Used: |
Ritchey,shimano | | Bike Setup: |
Lightning | | Bottom Line: | Light stuff | | Overall Rating: |
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