My new Waterford-built Bombadil has'm. I plan to use Pitlocks, so no big deal.
On May 6, 4:49 pm, Rex Kerr <[email protected]> wrote: > I just read the RR article about proper quick release usage. It's > unfortunate to see that Grant was dragged into a lawsuit over an improperly > installed wheel -- I really hope that he prevails! While I understand the > need for some sort of retention device on low end bikes (**), it seems silly > to put them on high end bikes. > > This got me to thinking... I didn't look closely at the fork dropouts on the > bikes when I was test riding: Will I find lawyer lips on my Waterford built > AHH that's due to arrive in the new few weeks? > > Looking on Flickr I found some pictures that seem to indicate that I > won't... > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/boxdogbikes/5061605656/ > > I surely hope not, though I'd understand if it were to happen. > > (**) A few months ago, while driving, I saw a teenage boy riding a > department store bike with a floppy QR skewer on the sidewalk. I pulled off > into a parking lot and intercepted the rider to fix it for him, worried that > he'd go off a curb and lose the front wheel. I asked him if he knew how it > worked, and he had no clue. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
