artek wrote:More gently achieve high clamp force; especially good for forks with carbon dropouts.
I can see they'd be more gentle on your hands... but so far as the drop outs go, surely clamp-force is clamp force?
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artek wrote:More gently achieve high clamp force; especially good for forks with carbon dropouts.
GrahamB wrote:artek wrote:More gently achieve high clamp force; especially good for forks with carbon dropouts.
I can see they'd be more gentle on your hands... but so far as the drop outs go, surely clamp-force is clamp force?
artek wrote:GrahamB wrote:artek wrote:More gently achieve high clamp force; especially good for forks with carbon dropouts.
I can see they'd be more gentle on your hands... but so far as the drop outs go, surely clamp-force is clamp force?
Yes, they are easier on the fingers, but their standout benefit is this:-
The conventional quick release skewer is somewhat "hit an miss", in that one makes preload adjustment, then "whack", swings closed the lever - sometimes the clamp force is too high or low.
With the DT Swiss RWS skewer one easily makes precise final incremental tightening to bring the clamp to the "ideal" force.
For a carbon drop-out this means that the carbon isn't "crunched".
fdegrove wrote:Oh, you won't crunch a full carbon fork's dropouts that easily. You may do some cosmetic damage though by rotating serrated skewers repeatedly but that's about it.
Adrien at http://www.rouesartisanales.com/article-22508220.html wrote:NEW QUICK RELEASES made out of titanium/aluminium. They weight 32g and are limited to a very high rider weight: 120kg. Carbon-Sports is very confident in the design. 89 euros per set.
David Bell of CarbonSports at http://www.carbonsports-forum.de/showthread.php?t=926 wrote:Yes, they are available right now! Über Kool and only 32g for a pair. Available in different colors too. Our web page will be re-vamped after all the bike shows.
mythical wrote:Those Lightweight skewers are actually by Parts of Passion. I've got some of those lying around here somewhere but mine weighed about 40g with a alu rod in front and a titanium rod rear. They claim it has been DIN tested and passed with good results.
Adrien wrote:mythical wrote:Those Lightweight skewers are actually by Parts of Passion. I've got some of those lying around here somewhere but mine weighed about 40g with a alu rod in front and a titanium rod rear. They claim it has been DIN tested and passed with good results.
The cam and the bolt are actually different.