QR skewers and allen head skewers are all M5x0.8mm. If you doubt that, remove one water bottle bolt and prove to yourself it threads into the female threaded end of your skewer.
That said, I'm nervous of mechanical maneuvers that will put my head on the ground if I screw it up. In my opinion, all M5x0.8mm threads on skewers are rolled, not cut. I'd be nervous cutting an extra inch of threads onto a bolt that is already tiny. If that guy fails, the rider is going to go down on the ground right quick. Please please be careful. Patrick Moore repeatedly tells us that he is a hamfisted mechanic, who frequently breaks fasteners and strips out threads. It gives me the willies that his first attempt to cut threads might be on a front skewer. I'll repeat: please, please be careful Bill Lindsay El Cerrito, CA On Tuesday, October 22, 2019 at 10:28:37 AM UTC-7, Patrick Moore wrote: > > A hacksaw I have, but no tap. How does one go about finding the right tap > and learning how to use it? I have tapped internal (female) threads but > never external ones. > > At $9 + shipping from the UK, a tap would have to be very cheap and very > easy to use to outweight this: > https://www.sjscycles.co.uk/hub-spares/schmidt-allen-key-fitting-front-quick-release-skewer-for-75mm-oln-brompton-hubs/?geoc=US > > On Tue, Oct 22, 2019 at 11:04 AM lconley <[email protected] <javascript:>> > wrote: > >> All you need is hacksaw and the proper tap to shorten a skewer. >> >> Laing >> Cocoa, FL >> >> On Tuesday, October 22, 2019 at 12:27:45 PM UTC-4, Patrick Moore wrote: >> >>> I forgot to add that, at least a few years ago, many bike shops had >>> clots of old "10 speed" skewers hidden away in boxes and under workbenches; >>> a couple of years ago I sold about 5 lb of these that I'd collected over >>> the years. >>> >>> Tangent, but related: Does anyone know of an *allen head *skewer that >>> works with the narrow, 74 mm hub on folders? >>> >>> On Tue, Oct 22, 2019 at 10:07 AM Jeremy Till <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> For a while Merry Sales/Soma was selling a good quality 120mm skewer >>>> with an enclosed cam and stainless steel faces. I bought one when I had my >>>> Quickbeam (circa 2014) but they seem to have disappeared since then. >>>> Probably rarer then hen's teeth but there are a few out there. Other than >>>> that, finding a skewer from a good old 120mm road hub might be your best >>>> bet. >>>> >>> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "RBW Owners Bunch" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected] <javascript:>. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/99791840-b5a7-4875-8e70-2198d93e15a9%40googlegroups.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/99791840-b5a7-4875-8e70-2198d93e15a9%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > > > -- > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > Patrick Moore > Alburquerque, Nuevo Mexico, Etats Unis d'Amerique > > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/8f32f0da-7a1b-4919-8860-c8acc2fbede5%40googlegroups.com.
