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5mm Quick Release Skewers

A thoroughly modern take on the traditional internal cam Quick-Release skewer. Order the skewer length that matches your hub’s width.

$108.50 – $308.00

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Technical Information

  • Material
    Stainless Steel & 7075 Aluminum
  • Weight
    100mm: 50 grams
    135mm: 63 grams
  • Anodized Color
    Silver, Black, (Optional Orange Head), or Purple
  • Cam
    Internal
  • Quick Release Instructions
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Product Story

One time, a long time ago, a man was in a bicycle race, going over a pass, in the freezing snow. He got a flat tire. All there was were wing nuts to hold on the wheels back then. His fingers were too cold to loosen them and remove the wheel. He had to give up the lead because of that, but he had the inspiration to do something about it and invented the wheel quick release. His name was Tulio Campagnolo. It was made of steel and had an internal cam that was protected and impossible to miss align.

Our first product in 1989 was a seat post quick release. Then came QR’s for wheels. They had the same internal cam design as Tulio’s. Yes, Paul is a huge fan of the man. For our 25th anniversary, we updated the design and brought them back.

The stainless steel shaft screws into the 7075 aluminum head, which is oval, putting the material where it’s needed and not where it isn’t. The handles are a stainless steel/aluminum affair for a good balance of ergonomics and weight savings. The nuts have a nice matching O-ring and a thread friction element to keep them in place after the wheels are removed.

 

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Warner is bending up some sweet quick-release hand Warner is bending up some sweet quick-release handles on #FixtureFriday. This is another one of those total one-off assembly fixtures we use almost every day. We machine this little tapered stainless steel rod to have threads on one end and a lobe and circlip groove on the other, then plug it into this fixture with the lobe clocked at just the right angle to put the handle at the right angle when you beeeeend it to 90 degrees with this fixture. It’s really satisfying when you get the angle just right on the first try.
Although we never really offered it to the public, Although we never really offered it to the public, whenever our manufacturing manager Jim wanted PAUL parts for his personal bike, he went with Pewter ano. It was kinda Jim’s signature color and always looked so good, we figured we should finally open it up to the public. So for a limited time, we’ll be offering this very NASA looking flat Pewter finish on our website or from your favorite bike shop. These parts will be anodized just for you, so please allow 7-14 days turnaround. If you don’t see the part you’re looking for listed in Pewter just call our friendly sales staff at (530)345-4371 ☎️ Cheers!
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Should we bring back #FixtureFriday ? Before you c Should we bring back #FixtureFriday ? Before you can make all the parts, you have to make all the fixtures, and these aren’t something you can buy off a shelf! All of our production and assembly fixtures are one-offs made by Paul or Patrick or Jacob in the manual machine shop (although Jacob just made our first ever 3D printed fixtures, but that’s a story for a different Friday 😉). 
  This fixture is for pressing the little sealed cartridge-bearings into our Canti and Love levers. Once mounted in an arbor press, a little magnet holds the bearing until you press-fit it into the lever blade with a pull on the arbor press. In theory these bearings could be replaced down the line, but we haven’t had to do it yet. Thank you for attending our Ted Talk, happy Friday! ✌️
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