The appearance might be deceiving, but Phil Wood track hubs don't use skewers. They use 8mm x 1.25mm bolts to hold the wheels to the frame. In fact, the old Phil hubs on my LeJeune tandem use the same bolts. (I'm mentioning this to ensure some on-topic content.)
I've often wondered whether non-quick release skewers could really withstand the rigors of track racing. After all, the skewer shaft is only 5mm in diameter and is essentially just a v_e_r_y long, thin bolt. I actually used one of these skewers with an aero front (road) wheel at the Trexlertown Velodrome. This was during a 500 meter pursuit, so I used them for all of 40 seconds - and 3 curved sections. T'town is 333 meter track with 27 degree bankings.
Recently, I've ridden a few times at the Frisco Velodrome near
Dallas (a 250 meter track with 47 degree bankings), and
wondered whether a skewer could withstand the forces generated
in those curves. So perhaps that's another reason why quick
releases are not allowed in track racing.
Fred Rednor - back off the track in
Arlington, Virginia (USA)
> What I heard is that it's a safety issue with
> something possibly hitting the quick-release lever and
> openning it. But, I think skewers are legal with no
> lever such as the allen head type -I think new Phil
> Wood track hubs come with this type of skewer????
>
> Derek Willburn
> Long Beach, CA USA
>
> --- Tom Sanders <tsan7759142@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>
> > I know the first reaction to this question is to say
> > that nuts hold
> > better...Well, how many folks lose wheels in the
> > TDF? I understand the
> > safety issue of banning wing nuts, but the only real
> > safety issue I can see
> > with QR Skewers is folks tangling their QR Skewers
> > on the track...now
> > granted I have an abhorrence of riding too close to
> > another bike, but in my
> > experience this is virtually unheard of...I'll bet I
> > now get a barrage of
> > such stories... but is this the reason for no quick
> > release skewers on track
> > bikes? Is it pure tradition because such skewers
> > did not come into usage
> > until after track racing was established? Perhaps
> > because quick release is
> > not needed there?
> > Tom Sanders
> > Lansing, Mi USA
> >
> >
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