Are skewers all the same size, I need a rear one for a road bike, could anybody tell me what size I would need please?
yes, it's 130mm (rear) for a normal road bike today, used to be 126mm if the bike is much more than 10 years old. |Front is 100mm
What I don't understand is why there seem to be a variety of skewer lengths for MTBs and tourers, I though the rear drop-out size was standardised on 135mm, so how come there are more than one length of rear skewer for MTBs e.g. 168mm and 173mm?
According to Shimano's spec, the 173mm skewer is there to cater for frame dropout thickness of 16 - 20mm.
The thickness of my frame drop-outs are approx. 8mm each, so does that mean I would need the 168mm skewers, possibly even smaller??
I am sure 168mm would be just fine for you - it is the standard skewer length for 135mm hubs.