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Review on ๐Ÿ”’ Enhanced Security with Delta Hublox Skewers - Silver: The Perfect Anti-Theft Solution by Paul Dobson

Revainrating 1 out of 5

Updated: Terrible value. Do not buy. Read below.

UPDATE: Well a week later I had to remove the tires to replace the tube which I did. Meet problem number one, which is loose skewers. Okay, that shouldn't be happening at all, let alone in a week. I mean, I put these things on to the point where I was afraid of breaking the axle. That shouldn't happen, and it's dangerous for drivers when it does, because if your tire comes off the ground at all, you'll get sick. And since there are other reviewers here saying the same thing about the same issue, I'm deducting 2 stars for this issue. This is not an automatic error as there are products like Thread-Lock. Okay, now to the second problem. Then I put the tire back on and lo and behold, the head on the spit rips off immediately. As soon as I got my stuff together, it didn't look like I was going to take another train. And when you think about it, their heads are definitely not made of steel. I have steel head skewers, they are much lighter and duller in color. aluminum maybe? alloy, probably. rubbish, definitely. Now they are completely useless and a waste of time and money. This is an automatic error and I'm only giving them one star because I can't go lower. DO NOT buy them. They're not worth the trouble and there's clearly no quality outside of the axle itself. That's probably also why they don't last. The alloy they use for the heads is just a cheap material for cutting corners, which makes the threads easy to break and the skewers to loosen over time. OLD RATING: Price. I might suggest trying Pinhead if you want the best of the best, but you're literally paying three times as much. For the place where I live they are more than enough. They are well done. "Key" is easy to use. Even the rounded heads on either side of the skewer feel oddly slippery, which I consider a plus. And it's made of chrome-molybdenum steel. There really isn't much to complain about here other than that all the keys are exactly the same and with enough patience and the right tools you can definitely figure out how to get them off, either with a vise or by manipulating the flat surfaces where the key is. comes with tools. As said, if you want the best where none of that is possible and every key is a little different, then you need a pinhead. I have these too, but on a different and more expensive bike. Their key solutions have grooves in opposite directions of rotation, so there is no possibility of tool tampering. And the vise also doesn't work because of the "serrated" washer they use in conjunction with skewers, where the washer has lugs that protrude outward for the vise to grip and has teeth that poke through the skewer show inside. Frame, which completely prevents the operation of the vise with the specified washer. These are brilliant designs but they are definitely expensive which actually serves as another layer of theft protection as thieves cannot easily or cheaply go out and buy multiple sets to get the keys.

Pros
  • Heavy Duty Construction
Cons
  • Weight