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Submitted by
Brian
a Weekend Warrior
from Toronto, Canada
Date Reviewed: 5/12/2001 11:43:55 AM |
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| FavoriteTrail: | Warden Woods |
| Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month |
| Price Paid: | $30 |
| Purchased At: | Trail Blazer Cycles |
| Strengths: | -Looks really nice in polished aluminum. -Long handle makes tightening and loosening easier. -Matches the aluminum flanges on my King hubs |
| Weaknesses: | -Poorly built. -Didn't even get to ride with them on my bike before they broke. |
| Similar Products Tried: | Steel Shimano Deore (1986) Skewers......and these are way better than the WTB skewers, just heavier. |
| Bike Setup: | Raleigh Frame, XTR and Race Face drive train...light and fast. |
| Bottom Line: | The reason why I have selected "less than 1 month" for the time used is because upon the first installation of the rear skewer, it snapped! I just built the wheels for this bike, got them all adjusted and setup just perfect, put on the front skewer, tensioned it just right. No problem. Put on the rear wheel and started to adjust the skewer to get it to the right tension.....but just as I got it to just the right tension and closed the handle.....SNAP......I thought I had busted the threading on the King Hub. Took off the rear wheel, checked the hub, not a scratch......so I put the wheel back on and started to tighten the skewer, when I noticed it wouldn't tighten.........the little nut that holds the skewer handle to the steel rod had stripped its threading........ Bottom line: These skewers look really nice, but unfortunately they are crap! Now, after almost a year of building and fine tuning......I have a set back that is preventing me from riding this monster...... |
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Submitted by
wiley coyote
a Racer
from middletown,calif
Date Reviewed: 4/27/2001 7:35:28 AM |
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| FavoriteTrail: | hobergs loop |
| Duration Product Used: | 1 Year |
| Strengths: | good track record |
| Weaknesses: | I had bad time with these |
| Similar Products Tried: | none yet |
| Bike Setup: | Jamis dakar expert 2000,mostly stock |
| Bottom Line: | My rear qr just plane sucks, it slips out on every climb. problems started about two months ago and no amount of lube seems to quill the prob. I'm upgrading to XT's, XTR's, or Salsa's today.... Friend recomends avoiding any skewer with a plastic doo-hicky on it,plastic can save some wieght but compromises strength. |
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Submitted by
Tomek
a Weekend Warrior
from Canada
Date Reviewed: 3/29/2001 9:57:53 AM |
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| Duration Product Used: | 6 months |
| Price Paid: | $35 |
| Purchased At: | online |
| Strengths: | If looks could kill this would be a serial killA. Long levers allow to you to tighten the wheel very tight. Didn't brake yet, and the availiable colors kick azz |
| Weaknesses: | Since they are long I'm afraid they might just snap one day so I'm a little cautious of that. A little pricey for what I paid |
| Bottom Line: | I'd probably get the Kores next time since I'm really scared that these will snap on me :) |
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Submitted by
JA
a Weekend Warrior
from NYC
Date Reviewed: 12/21/1999 |
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| Duration Product Used: | 3 months |
| Strengths: | STONG,GOOD LOOKING AND THERE WTB,NUFF SAID. |
| Weaknesses: | NONE YET |
| Similar Products Tried: | SHIMANO |
| Bike Setup: | 95ROCKADILE,XTCOG,F/DERAILLER,WTB HUBS,HS,SKEWERS.MANITOU 99 BLK SX-R. NYTEX CRANK ,SHIMANO 535 PD.SLT-99 ,SRAM 9.0 SL BRAKES,LEVERS ,SHIFTERS,R/DERAILLER. |
| Bottom Line: | THESE ARE GREAT SKEWERS . STRONG(STEEL)BUT LIGHT ,NICE LOOKING AND @ $25.00(ON SALE) YOU CANT GO WRONG. WOULD BUY THEM AGAIN IF NEED BE. |
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