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Submitted by
Johnny Mojo
from York PA USA
Date Reviewed: 5/12/2008 11:20:10 AM |
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| Duration Product Used: | 1 Year |
| Price Paid: | $75 |
| Purchased At: | Universal Cycles |
| Strengths: | They are tighter and more secure than traditional skewers. |
| Weaknesses: | I orginally purchased a rear skewer(steel version) and used it problem free for a year on my AM bike. Happy with the performance I bought a Ti pair for my Mojo. All was well until I went on wet, muddy ride and I tried to remove my front wheel. The inside of the handle than contains the teeth had become clogged with mud and I stripped the teeth out and was unable to remove my wheel. I saw that it was clogged prior to attempting to remove the wheel and tried to flush it out with water but it was a wasted effort. I had to wait until I got back home where I had my torx head wrench to remove it. |
| Bottom Line: | DT Swiss quickly sent a replacement handle but I'm amazed that they didn't see this design flaw during R&D. Needless to say I was pissed that I spent so much money on set of skewers and they could leave me hoofing back to my car. Don't buy these if you regularly encounter sloopy conditions. |
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Submitted by
Brandon
a Weekend Warrior
from Bay Area, CA
Date Reviewed: 3/9/2008 12:45:19 PM |
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| FavoriteTrail: | anydirt |
| Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month |
| Strengths: | Oh so tight. You can really crank these babies down for super stiff confidence. I love the ratchet action. |
| Weaknesses: | A bit pricey... |
| Similar Products Tried: | nothing quite like this, but I have had other dt swiss skewers,as well as xt, xtr and salsa. |
| Bike Setup: | I have an '07 BLT with a FOX 140 rlc, a fox rp23, juicy seven brakes, xtr crank, sram x9 gears and blood red industry nine all mountain wheels. |
| Bottom Line: | The ratchet action of these skewers really tightens down wheels, which is especially important when running a 205 mm disc on the front. I broke my last skewers and needed new ones so when I got tired of waiting for i9 to release theirs, I went with the dt swiss. I didn't expect them to affect my ride any, but I can really feel the extra stiffness; so much so that I had to tweak my suspension settings a bit. I wouldn't reccommend running out and getting these just to get them, unless you have money to burn, but when your current skewers wear out, check these out. |
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