Just to confuse everything, they are but they're not! The arms are the early ones that Nick was talking about so aren't scooped out, but the rods are Ti (except the seat which is steel. The black ones are a mix of ti and not, the mani ones aren't as they are custom cut steel (and at 145mm long you want them as stiff as possible!
Blue Ringle seat skewer
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Having stripped mine down for re (hard) anodising it is actually quite cheap / easy to change the length of them if required 
It does trash the skewer part but they can be recycled i.e. rear to front, front to seat meaning that you only need new studding for the rear skewer - does that make sence or does the dinner time stella not help
Just out of interest how come everyone calls these 'holey' I know it might just be an obvious nickname but in the ringle section on here they call them cam twist ?
WD
It does trash the skewer part but they can be recycled i.e. rear to front, front to seat meaning that you only need new studding for the rear skewer - does that make sence or does the dinner time stella not help
Just out of interest how come everyone calls these 'holey' I know it might just be an obvious nickname but in the ringle section on here they call them cam twist ?
WD
pete_mcc":2160eaik said:
Just to add to the confusion, the steel holey ones were called "cam-twist" weren't they?....off to hunt out a packet.
EDIT: Doh ^^ should have read above!
Nick if you have some of the dark blue ones PM me. I Think I have the seat skewer, just need some wheel ones.
To further add to the confusion there are two further models of Ringle skewers, one of which cams but doesn't twist and was called fleagle or something (look exactly the same as Tune skewers) and then the others which do can and twist but were not holely and were/are cheap and nasty and could be bought from CRC....
ooh, crikey, a can of worms!
Ignoring prototypes and specials, the production ones were I think as follows:
Cam twist- holey, notscooped out back. Early ones threaded all the way down, later ones stainless, threaded at the ends.
Ti stix, were as above, holey, but the back scooped out of the lever, tirods.
' for the road, were ak per ti six, but all the holes kind of joined up into a long tapering slot.
Twisters, flat flipover lever, no cam, as suspension came along and fat legs got in the way of the cam twist design, necissitating a flip on the lever, unless you're careful. It was mistake proofing in a law-suit world. Incidentally, even the cam twist designs shouldn't be fastened like an oe shimano skewer or you'll break the handle, they must be used more like a wingnut.
And then there were the ti-rods I think. No handle, just a bolt through, caphead fitting, so like a security skewer kind of thing.
Then Sun took over. . .
And they fid thefle flickers or whatever they were, looked like a twister but with a cam, and they did cay on with the twister design too, but I'm not sure for how long. I lost touch at that point. And I gues when production went east and a lot of the CNC bits became forgings, a lot of people her lost interest too. . . but it'd be interesting if anyone here can carry on with the story into the Sun era. . ?
Ignoring prototypes and specials, the production ones were I think as follows:
Cam twist- holey, notscooped out back. Early ones threaded all the way down, later ones stainless, threaded at the ends.
Ti stix, were as above, holey, but the back scooped out of the lever, tirods.
' for the road, were ak per ti six, but all the holes kind of joined up into a long tapering slot.
Twisters, flat flipover lever, no cam, as suspension came along and fat legs got in the way of the cam twist design, necissitating a flip on the lever, unless you're careful. It was mistake proofing in a law-suit world. Incidentally, even the cam twist designs shouldn't be fastened like an oe shimano skewer or you'll break the handle, they must be used more like a wingnut.
And then there were the ti-rods I think. No handle, just a bolt through, caphead fitting, so like a security skewer kind of thing.
Then Sun took over. . .
And they fid thefle flickers or whatever they were, looked like a twister but with a cam, and they did cay on with the twister design too, but I'm not sure for how long. I lost touch at that point. And I gues when production went east and a lot of the CNC bits became forgings, a lot of people her lost interest too. . . but it'd be interesting if anyone here can carry on with the story into the Sun era. . ?
