Check your quick releases!

[Cubist]

I always put the lever into the angle between chainstay and seat stay. I've only ever had a QR come loose once, and that was at Llandegla. If anyone knows the big berms switchback bit on the red route about halfway round which starts with a a sharp left turn off a downhill stretch...? I got the bottom of that thinking the rear felt odd, whe a rider behind me pointed out the rear QR was undone. Vertical dropouts have their uses! I must say I much prefer threaded through-axles. The 142x12 Maxle on the Ibis locks up nice and solid, and both bikes have 15 mm axles on the front one, Syntace and the other RS Maxle.

 

[RebornBumbler]

I have both mine pointing rearwards on the basis that if anything can snag or catch, it will.
Minimising the possibility of (for example) a branch or piece of fence wire also opening the QR is a bonus.

 

[bpsmith]

I have both mine pointing rearwards on the basis that if anything can snag or catch, it will.
Minimising the possibility of (for example) a branch or piece of fence wire also opening the QR is a bonus.

And more aerodynamic too.

 

[ColinJ]

I have both mine pointing rearwards on the basis that if anything can snag or catch, it will.
Minimising the possibility of (for example) a branch or piece of fence wire also opening the QR is a bonus.

I'd be pretty worried if objects were getting that close to jamming between my spokes ... Kamikaze squirrels, for example!

 

[coffeejo]

I'd be pretty worried if objects were getting that close to jamming between my spokes ... Kamikaze squirrels, for example!

Had a near miss with one on Sunday. Saw it in the leaves at the side of the road but thought it was dead. Alive or not, it jumped out in front of me as I passed. I may have squawked. A lot. Now I know my reaction was justified!

 

[ColinJ]

Had a near miss with one on Sunday. Saw it in the leaves at the side of the road but thought it was dead. Alive or not, it jumped out in front of me as I passed. I may have squawked. A lot. Now I know my reaction was justified!

I was descending the Haworth Old Road at speed once when a baby rabbit leapt out of the verge and proceeded to run alongside me. It is a pretty severe descent so I could not slow down quickly ...

I tried to scare it away but it continued to track me. The daft creature ran between my wheels twice before finally going back to the verge!

 

[coffeejo]

I was descending the Haworth Old Road at speed once when a baby rabbit leapt out of the verge and proceeded to run alongside me. It is a pretty severe descent so I could not slow down quickly ...

I tried to scare it away but it continued to track me. The daft creature ran between my wheels twice before finally going back to the verge!

On a ride with my cycling group a while back, a rabbit ran right in front of my front wheel then back again and did the same to someone else behind me. Lots of swears were said!

 

[ColinJ]

On a ride with my cycling group a while back, a rabbit ran right in front of my front wheel then back again and did the same to someone else behind me. Lots of swears were said!

I think I might have uttered a mild epithet or two ...

 

[raleighnut]

I prefer allen key skewers but then I always carry a toolset for the bike I'm on.

 

[ayceejay]

IF your wheels are seated correctly and your METAL skewers are tightened correctly there is no way they will come loose.If they are tightened and become seated during a ride then it is possible.

 

[JoeyB]

Is your old seatpost black? and if so, can I buy it off you? lol

 

[Windassisted]

I think I might have uttered a mild epithet or two ...

I had a bunny shoot out of the hedge on the left, straight through my spokes and into the trees on the right, felt a slight bump but no sign of rabbit and no blood on spokes.

 

[ColinJ]

Is your old seatpost black? and if so, can I buy it off you? lol

No, it is a ghastly heavy steel one which I keep for leverage in such situations, but usually for allen keys.

 

[Ian H]

I have both mine pointing rearwards on the basis that if anything can snag or catch, it will.
Minimising the possibility of (for example) a branch or piece of fence wire also opening the QR is a bonus.

Rearward facing, at least on the back wheel, is a no-no in road racing or group riding.

 

[ColinJ]

I have been spinning the back wheel of the MTB on the stand. It really is ridiculous that I didn't spot that tight QR sooner! The wheel spins so well now, whereas before I was lucky to get it to spin 2 or 3 complete revs.