Been looking to shed a few grams here and there and hollow axle titanium skewers look a good way to lose some weight for not a lot of outlay. Plenty on Ebay for under £20 and I already have a pair of Superstar carbon / ti ones which weigh 48g but I don't trust them for offroad use. Compared to the Mavic ones which came supplied with SLR wheels they seem very insubstantial and too light to take the hits ? I'd like to fit them to my Carrera Zelos WW bike and also my Canondale Scalpel, 2 very different setups one being fully rigid and the other a full susser, but the Scalpel will be the bike which gets used the most seriously offroad. I'm slightly the wrong side of 80kg and not into hurling myself down rock strewn tracks but would like to trust these skewers to not snap if I takle a bit of demanding xc from time to time.
Any experience with these types of skewers or just tell me to stop being a wuss and use them !
Any experience with these types of skewers or just tell me to stop being a wuss and use them !