Archival Review of Fast Feather Skewers

 Ti-Rods are one three skewers sets from Fast Feather whose
only difference is the lever. The lever, made of aluminum alloy, is
70mm long, .2" thick and 1/2" high. It tapers from 1/2" high at the
pivot pin to just 1/4" high at the lever end. To reduce the weight
of the lever further holes are drilled through it. The lever has an
external cam shape to apply compound leverage to the hub axle.

 The cam rotates against an aluminum tension relief washer that
is concave on the lever side and convex in the contact washer
side. The contact washer is made of aluminum with a concave
side that mates to the tension relief washer, so between both
pieces there is a range of swivel to keep the contact washer in
full contact. The aluminum contact washer is 19mm in diameter,
and in a unusual move has no serrations cut into the surface. The
nut is machined form aluminum rod, is 18.8mm in diameter, and
has six recesses for the finger tips to grip. These grip recesses
are too narrow to get a really solid grip on. The pivot pin is made
of stainless steel and the skewer rod is from Titanium. The
volute springs are made of round wire spring steel.

 The front Ti- Rod weighs 37 grams, the rear weighs 40.5 grams.
Ti Rods are available anodized in Blue, Black, Lavender, or Silver.
Made in USA.

No longer made, we sold these for $54.99

 

 As mentioned above the Ti-Rod Road skewers are identical to the
Ti-Rods except the shape and style of the handle section of the
lever. The shape the Ti-Rod Road skewers are cut to resemble a
wing with the a hole that follows the outline at the lever end. The
front Ti-Rod Road skewer weighs 38 grams, the rear weighs 41
grams. Ti-Rod Roads are available anodized in Blue, Black,
Lavender, or Silver. Made in USA.

No longer made, we sold these for $59.99