Secure QR skewers

[quixoticgeek]

Just realised the wheels I am using on the Frankenbike build are QR only. Which apart from the fact I appear to have left the skewers in the UK, are going to be less than ideal for a bike that may be locked up in Amsterdam. I notice from googling that there are various options for skewers that are sold as "secure".

Does anyone have any advice or recommendations for skewers for QR only hubs that reduce the chance of some oik knicking my front wheel?

Cheers

J

[PaulF]

Something like this?

https://www.bike-discount.de/en/buy/pitlock-quick-release-skewers-38407?currency=9&delivery_country=227&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIw6rq74C_1AIVYirTCh2k0guPEAQYASABEgLvyPD_BwE

I picked up something similar from Decathlon as well.

[The French Tandem]

You can always take off the front wheel, and lock up the two wheels and the frame together, it works in Amsterdam or wherever you like 

[Ham]

I've been using the Trans X pentagon head skewers for many years, so much so that I have enough release keys to leave one in every place I might need it, removing its only major drawback - you need the specialist key to remove (which is, to be fair, its USP).

https://www.sjscycles.co.uk/hub-spares/tranzx-quick-release-skewer-set-with-special-key-theft-protection-for-130mm-100mm-oln-hubs-black/

[Kim]

I don't really think there's a lot in it, and a simple allen key skewer has most of the same advantages (better clamping than a QR, less likely to be loosened by oiks, deterrent to thieves without tools).  The important thing with the security skewers is to make sure you've got the tool for them when you need it - which as Ham says is easier when you've got them on multiple bikes.

[fd3]

I have been using Pitlocks with my SON dynamo wheels for the last 10 years.  Pretty straightforward and i attach the removal tool to my bikelock keyring. 
Alternatives include the ones that only work when your bike is upside-down, which sounds nifty since chances are they can't turn a locked bike upside-down.  Flip side is that you don't want to turn your bike upside-down for maintenance, we have a whole thread on that ...