Those little spirally spring spacer thingies that do some voodo stuff 
for QR skewers.  What the fuck are they called before I break Google 
completely with spazzed out search arguments?

And yes, I have mangled one, not the first either, so a packet of 1/2 
dozen would keep me going into my dotage.

Tosspot wrote:
>
> Those little spirally spring spacer thingies that do some voodo stuff
> for QR skewers.  What the fuck are they called before I break Google
> completely with spazzed out search arguments?
>
> And yes, I have mangled one, not the first either, so a packet of 1/2
> dozen would keep me going into my dotage.

Despite having worked for years in the bike business, I know them by
no better name than "QR springs".

They are not of any real use, unless you're in a real hurry to smack a
replacement wheel into place and get back into the race.  But you do
need either one on each side or none.

Chalo

On Tue, 30 Sep 2008 07:36:39 +0200, Tosspot 
wrote:

>Those little spirally spring spacer thingies that do some voodo stuff 
>for QR skewers.  What the fuck are they called before I break Google 
>completely with spazzed out search arguments?
>
>And yes, I have mangled one, not the first either, so a packet of 1/2 
>dozen would keep me going into my dotage.

Dear TP,

They're skewer springs.

Conical quick release skewer springs, a buck each:

http://www.loosescrews.com/index.cgi?c=Hub&sc=Skewer%20Parts&id=199672914629

Quick release skewer springs, $1.84 each:

http://www.sjscycles.co.uk/product.asp?pf_id=14276&src=froogleUS¤cy=USD

Campy replacement skewer springs, $9.[gulp!]88 per pair:
 http://www.branfordbike.com/hub/hub02.html

Cheers,

Carl Fogel

In news:gbsdse$v69$00$1@news.t-online.com,
Tosspot  tweaked the Babbage-Engine to tell us:
> Those little spirally spring spacer thingies that do some voodo stuff
> for QR skewers.  What the fuck are they called before I break Google
> completely with spazzed out search arguments?

They've always been known as "Jesus Springs" around here, coz when one is 
dropped on the floor and succumbs to Fridge Suck[1], the only option is to 
shout "Jeeeeeesus CHRIST!" and hope there's another one in the tin of 
Potentially Useful Stuffs in the shed.

1 - the most powerful force in the universe

-- 
Dave Larrington
<http://www.legslarry.beerdrinkers.co.uk>
Ha ha, you fool! You've fallen victim to one of the classic
blunders! The most famous is "Never get involved in a land war
in Asia"

On Tue, 30 Sep 2008 08:41:48 +0100, "Dave Larrington"
 said in
:

>They've always been known as "Jesus Springs" around here, coz when one is 
>dropped on the floor and succumbs to Fridge Suck[1], the only option is to 
>shout "Jeeeeeesus CHRIST!" and hope there's another one in the tin of 
>Potentially Useful Stuffs in the shed.

We're back to pingfuckit clips, aren't we?

Guy
-- 
May contain traces of irony.  Contents liable to settle after posting.
http://www.chapmancentral.co.uk

85% of helmet statistics are made up, 69% of them at CHS, Puget Sound

On Tue, 30 Sep 2008 07:36:39 +0200
Tosspot  wrote:

> Those little spirally spring spacer thingies that do some voodo stuff 
> for QR skewers.  What the fuck are they called before I break Google 
> completely with spazzed out search arguments?
> 
> And yes, I have mangled one, not the first either, so a packet of 1/2 
> dozen would keep me going into my dotage.

If you keep killing them just stop using them and save yourself some
hassle.  The only thing they do is hold the QR away from the
dropouts while you're putting the wheel in, they do nothing once the QR
is fastened.

Tosspot wrote:
> Those little spirally spring spacer thingies that do some voodo stuff 
> for QR skewers.  What the fuck are they called before I break Google 
> completely with spazzed out search arguments?


volute spring

-- 
/Marten

info(apestaartje)m-gineering(punt)nl

On Tue, 30 Sep 2008 17:03:27 +0200
M-gineering  wrote:

> Tosspot wrote:
> > Those little spirally spring spacer thingies that do some voodo
> > stuff for QR skewers.  What the fuck are they called before I break
> > Google completely with spazzed out search arguments?
> 
> 
> volute spring
> 
Sticking
skewer spring
in Google shopping comes up with more relevant results.

carlfogel@comcast.net wrote:
> On Tue, 30 Sep 2008 07:36:39 +0200, Tosspot 
> wrote:
> 
>> Those little spirally spring spacer thingies that do some voodo stuff 
>> for QR skewers.  What the fuck are they called before I break Google 
>> completely with spazzed out search arguments?
>>
>> And yes, I have mangled one, not the first either, so a packet of 1/2 
>> dozen would keep me going into my dotage.
> 
> Dear TP,
> 
> They're skewer springs.
> 
> Conical quick release skewer springs, a buck each:
> 
> http://www.loosescrews.com/index.cgi?c=Hub&sc=Skewer%20Parts&id=199672914629
> 
> Quick release skewer springs, $1.84 each:
> 
> http://www.sjscycles.co.uk/product.asp?pf_id=14276&src=froogleUS¤cy=USD
> 
> Campy replacement skewer springs, $9.[gulp!]88 per pair:
>  http://www.branfordbike.com/hub/hub02.html

Cheers Carl, you're a scholar and a gentleman.  Put me on the right 
track straight off.  I was going a bit flibbily trying to work that out.

On 30 Sep, 15:34, Rob Morley  wrote:

> If you keep killing them just stop using them and save yourself some
> hassle.  The only thing they do is hold the QR away from the
> dropouts while you're putting the wheel in, they do nothing once the QR
> is fastened.

And think of the weight you save.

--
Dave...

Rob Morley wrote:
> On Tue, 30 Sep 2008 17:03:27 +0200
> M-gineering  wrote:
> 
>> Tosspot wrote:
>>> Those little spirally spring spacer thingies that do some voodo
>>> stuff for QR skewers.  What the fuck are they called before I break
>>> Google completely with spazzed out search arguments?
>>
>> volute spring
>>
> Sticking
> skewer spring
> in Google shopping comes up with more relevant results.
> 
  but asking for a volute spring at your bikeshop is more fun ;)

-- 
/Marten

info(apestaartje)m-gineering(punt)nl

On 30/09/2008 06:36, Tosspot said,

> And yes, I have mangled one, not the first either, so a packet of 1/2 
> dozen would keep me going into my dotage.

Personally, I wouldn't bother.  They do bugger all except hold your 
skewer central when putting the wheel in.  Not the most difficult thing 
to manage without a spring :-)

-- 
Paul Boyd
http://www.paul-boyd.co.uk/

Paul Boyd wrote:
> On 30/09/2008 06:36, Tosspot said,
> 
>> And yes, I have mangled one, not the first either, so a packet of 1/2 
>> dozen would keep me going into my dotage.
> 
> Personally, I wouldn't bother.  They do bugger all except hold your 
> skewer central when putting the wheel in.  Not the most difficult thing 
> to manage without a spring :-)

It offends the perfectionist in me.  Well, ok, more like they were there 
when I started and I have nightmares about spontaneous explosions of 
bike parts due to lack of said 'volute springs'.

On 9/30/2008 10:42 AM Paul Boyd wrote:

> On 30/09/2008 06:36, Tosspot said,
> 
>> And yes, I have mangled one, not the first either, so a packet of 1/2 
>> dozen would keep me going into my dotage.
> 
> Personally, I wouldn't bother.  They do bugger all except hold your 
> skewer central when putting the wheel in.  Not the most difficult thing 
> to manage without a spring :-)
> 

You apparently haven't seen me working on my bikes . . . .

-- 
Mike "Rocket J Squirrel"
Bend, Oregon

On Tue, 30 Sep 2008, M-gineering wrote:

> Rob Morley wrote:
>> On Tue, 30 Sep 2008 17:03:27 +0200
>> M-gineering  wrote:
>> 
>>> Tosspot wrote:
>>>> Those little spirally spring spacer thingies that do some voodo
>>>> stuff for QR skewers.  What the fuck are they called before I break
>>>> Google completely with spazzed out search arguments?
>>> 
>>> volute spring
>>
>> Sticking skewer spring in Google shopping comes up with more relevant 
>> results.
>
> but asking for a volute spring at your bikeshop is more fun ;)

Bike shop? It's a kind of mineral water, isn't it?

tom

-- 
GODZILLA PLEASE EAT THE FUCKIN COLDPLAY -- a poster in Bergen

Tosspot wrote:
> Those little spirally spring spacer thingies that do some voodo stuff 
> for QR skewers.  What the fuck are they called before I break Google 
> completely with spazzed out search arguments?
> 
> And yes, I have mangled one, not the first either, so a packet of 1/2 
> dozen would keep me going into my dotage.

vestigial - don't cry and toss the other spring.

In team racing, those conical or volute springs keep the skewer centered 
so the support tech can throw a wheel in without looking, saving a tenth 
of a second on a wheel change. Nothing more.
-- 
Andrew Muzi
  <www.yellowjersey.org/>
  Open every day since 1 April, 1971
** Posted from http://www.teranews.com **

On Sep 30, 6:22 pm, A Muzi  wrote:
> Tosspot wrote:
> > Those little spirally spring spacer thingies that do some voodo stuff
> > for QR skewers.  What the fuck are they called before I break Google
> > completely with spazzed out search arguments?
>
> > And yes, I have mangled one, not the first either, so a packet of 1/2
> > dozen would keep me going into my dotage.
>
> vestigial - don't cry and toss the other spring.
>
> In team racing, those conical or volute springs keep the skewer centered
> so the support tech can throw a wheel in without looking, saving a tenth
> of a second on a wheel change. Nothing more.
> --
> Andrew Muzi
>   <www.yellowjersey.org/>
>   Open every day since 1 April, 1971
> ** Posted fromhttp://www.teranews.com**

And don't ya love it when a customer comes in, shortly after changing
their own cogset(tighten it for them!!), and see that their wheel is
no longer centered in the frame..wha happened??

QR spring on backwards...

On Wed, 1 Oct 2008 05:47:25 -0700 (PDT)
Qui si parla Campagnolo  wrote:

> And don't ya love it when a customer comes in, shortly after changing
> their own cogset(tighten it for them!!),

Why would they need someone to tighten it for them if they managed to
remove it themselves?

Qui si parla Campagnolo wrote:

> QR spring on backwards...
I just saw that on a guy's C40! :-)

Derk