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skewers
my cc volos came without skewers. i have a lock for the front wheel. what should i use for the rear if i'm planning to race these at the drome?
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I think there are track racing rules forbidding quick release skewers.
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yeah i know i can't use quick release. so do you think i can pick up axles for these https://www.canecreek.com/volos-track...er-wheels.html at my lbs?
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Skewers are available that don't have QR levers , but are tightened with a 5mm Allen key. Might be the easy way to go.
https://www.bikeman.com/content/view/1090/66/
These are not QR and no referee should notice or have a problem with them. There are other less expensive ones out there, the Control Techs are just an example.
https://www.bikeman.com/content/view/1090/66/
These are not QR and no referee should notice or have a problem with them. There are other less expensive ones out there, the Control Techs are just an example.
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I did this before my last season of racing--put my bike on a diet with hollow axles and Ti 'slow releases.' They are OK for mass start racing but are not suitable for standing starts. If a kilo or pursuit is in your future, make arrangements to borrow a proper nutted rear wheel if you don't have one already.
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I did this before my last season of racing--put my bike on a diet with hollow axles and Ti 'slow releases.' They are OK for mass start racing but are not suitable for standing starts. If a kilo or pursuit is in your future, make arrangements to borrow a proper nutted rear wheel if you don't have one already.
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I'd personally probably use steel instead of Ti, but my assumption was that tight is tight, and if it won't slip on the road, why should it slip on the track?
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Something I didn't try myself but I've seen done with hollow axles was tapping the inside of the axle to 6X1 and using Mavic track bolts. Make sure the threads in the axle are deep enough! Some hollow axles are 5.1mm, some are 5.3 or so and IIRC the right size hole when tapping to M6 is 5.0 mm.
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He didn't say it used a skewer. He said they came without. They are included with new wheels so he probably got them used and the seller kept them. Volos clinchers get used on the road a lot.
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So how did you end up with track wheels that use a skewer? Is it actually a volos road wheel that has been converted to a track wheel? Even then, how could you convert a freehub wheel to a track wheel without having the replace the axle?