Murphy'sLaw wrote:
rruff wrote:
Agreed. But a little work with a dremel or file takes those right off... I wish other efforts to keep us "safe" were so easily reversed.This. You can file those suckers down quickly and easily.
I make sure to leave a little nub ("just the tip"), cuz ya never know - but my wheels go on and off much more easily this way.
YMMV. Kids - don't try this at home!!!
Replying to ML, but not aimed at him. It's a general post. Um, not to run contrary to the prevailing opinion, but I will.
I was on a group ride in upstate NY with Erik Grimm...cat 2-3 kinda guy, who forgot to tighten his QR. Cranking along at 28-ish, had to bunny hop some train tracks, his front Ksyrium just rolled away. Face on ground, fork demolished, catastrophe. Took a solid year to recover. Tabs might have helped.
My question to the general public / people that have posted: why do you care? Unless you're racing a stage race or classic or grand fondo or crit where swapping a wheel MAY matter, why the fuck does anyone care about the extra two seconds to navigate the lawyer tabs? Are saying the hassle of a very small change in routing of how you mount a wheel, worth a couple of seconds at best, is a showstopper in terms of getting your ride in (that includes adjusting brakes). I just don't get it. BTW, I've got two bikes with, two bikes without.
Seriously. Want to understand, other than trying to be cool and maybe save yourself a few seconds here and there, why you'd have an opinion, much less a rant about this.
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Rick in the D: Sep 7, 13 14:18