Hello GreatScott and All, The View-Speed S3 skewer will fit most road bikes.
The View-Speed S4 skewer requires a fork dropout that is 1/4" (6.35mm) thick or greater since it puts about 1 mm of the skewer shoulder into the dropout and the skewer shoulder should not touch the wheel axle. It works fine on my Cervélo P3 fork and many others but does not work on all bikes. For instance some Specialized fork dropouts are thinner than 1/4" and require the S3 skewer so that it does not impinge on the wheel axle .... or it will not hold the wheel properly.
I have wheels with Zipp, older Velomax, and DT Swiss hubs and they work fine .... there may be hubs out there that have different dimensions so sometimes the best way to determine which skewer to use is to install it and check.
It is easy to check .... after tightening the skewer to 4 or 5 NM try to move the wheel side to side ..... it should not move.
If you buy a skewer and it does not work we will refund your money or swap it for the other model as you request.
This is not much of a problem in the US as shipping costs are not great .... however if you are not in the USA the shipping costs are about $23.95 so we request that for overseas buyers please measure carefully before ordering. (We will still refund or swap of course)
Also for overseas buyers we can ship 5 or 6 skewer sets in a small US International Postal Priority Mail box for the same shipping price as one set of skewers.
I didn't know there were that many cyclists out there working on going a bit faster ... or just liking the clean look.
The skewer sales trend continues to move upward ... thanks to all who are buying ...... we are currently including an Amigo multi tool with each skewer order at no cost.
The Amigo we include is the combination aluminum and titanium model ..... intended for light duty when working with the security fastener bits .... although the titanium tire irons parts are damn strong. If you are going to be doing heavy duty work with the security fastener bits we recommend purchasing the all titanium Amigo.
If you have further questions please PM me or use the eMail addresses on the website:
http://www.view-speed.com .
Cheers, Neal
+1 mph Faster