USE Spin Stix Stainless Steel Reviews - Product Reviews

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Mike Chetham

Posted: 13/10/02

'THINK DIFFERENTLY ABOUT SKEWERS & SAVE A LOT OF WEIGHT'

Strengths:
Very light, fewer moving parts than conventional skewer

Weaknesses:
err.... none

Overall:
A skewer that unscrews (rather quickly)rather than having a camming lever. Once you have your head around that idea it is just a skewer that does it job, looks good, & weighs a lot less than conventional skewers. An even lighter Ti version is available for quite a few pounds more (& even less weight)

Performance		100%
Reliability		100%
Value		100%

Overall Rating

100%

Nick Calkin

Posted: 21/05/03

'OK'

Strengths:
Light and simple to use on some bikes.

Weaknesses:
Difficult to fit to my Mount Vision with Pace forks. The rear one slipped on the first ride and the front one is difficult to tighten. Put my Hope scewers back on and fitted the Spin Stix to the road bike with no problem.

Overall:
I wanted to use them but just couldn't trust them. If they came with longer rods and thicker spacers so you could tighten them easily then maybe they would do the job.

Performance		40%
Reliability		60%
Value		60%

Overall Rating

53%

Michael Painter

Posted: 05/05/05

'DANGEROUS, BADLY MADE RUBBISH'

Strengths:
Hmm strength... not really USE's forte

Weaknesses:
So light they break - stripped threads are inevitable.
It's impossible to crank these things up tight enough to hold the wheel in the drop-outs when used with disc brakes. You run a huge risk of having a VERY big accident.

Overall:
Skewers are a "mission critical" component, not something to prat about with trying to save weight. Everything of USE's I've ever used has failed in pretty short order, and these are no exception. Run away!!!!

Performance		20%
Reliability		20%
Value		20%

Overall Rating

20%

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