Cutting down a wheel QR to fit a seatpost ?

[jimihendrix]

Would this be possible ?, got a set of modern red X-lite holey QR's on my clockwork (look a wee bit like Ringles after 10 pints ), fancied a matching seat QR but they don't do one, thought about buying a front wheel QR and cutting it down and getting it re-threaded, good idea or not ?
bearing in mind it wont be used as i keep my saddle at one height, it's purely for asthetic reasons.

Also have a cheap silver seat QR (bikehut) would it be possible to swap the ends on this for the ends of an X-lite wheel QR ?, does the lever on a QR unscrew from the shaft ?

 

[xizang]

thought about buying a front wheel QR and cutting it down and getting it re-threaded, good idea or not ?

Can't see why it wouldn't work as long as you cut the same thread into the shaft. You may, or may not, need washers on the ends though, to cover the knurled sections on the inside of them.
I'm sure there's more informed people on here than me though who will be able to give a better answer.

 

[stew-b]

it would be fine,no reason at all why not to do it.

 

[monsterfatuk]

should be exactly the same shaft-so just chop it and find a die,3mm,4mm,5mm don`t know what mill you`ll have to measure the thread with a micrometer or vernier

 

[jimihendrix]

Cheer's, thought it'd be ok, the front QR is cheap enough at 10 or 12 quid, also remembered a local ironmongers where i could get a die, i'll take the QR along and get one to suit.

I'll give it a go during the week then

 

[Repack Rider]

Was a frequent modification in '70s and early '80s before SP QRs were common on the market. You could tell an authentic Campagnolo SP QR, made for tandems, because the lever was curved. If the lever was straight it was a conversion.

Unrelated factoid. Roman legions carried a standard that read SPQR. This had nothing to do with seatpost quick-releases. It stood for Senātus Populusque Rōmānus ("The Senate and the People of Rome").

 

[grahame]

Should work fine. You will need a standard 5mm die to cut the thread.

I have done a similar thing to a rear QR to make a "universal" wheel quick release that I carry in my camelbak when doing my "summer job" as a mountain bike guide.