Trainer question

[RoadBunner]

Is it a bad idea to use the original rear skewer on a trainer? My trainer came with a skewer but the one already on the bike fits just fine so I didn't change it out. The original skewer is a little scratched up now but so far as I can tell it's all cosmetic damage. Should I be switching the skewers each time I use the trainer?

Thanks!

[SlowButSteady]

there is probably something I'm doing wrong. My skewer than came with the bike is quick-release. Maybe I was putting the bike on the trainer wrong, but there is some damage to the quick release on the skewer. It won't release now without a wrench and some major elbow grease.

Oh, well, I use my secondary bike on the trainer anyway, not my good one.

[Grog]

there is probably something I'm doing wrong. My skewer than came with the bike is quick-release. Maybe I was putting the bike on the trainer wrong, but there is some damage to the quick release on the skewer. It won't release now without a wrench and some major elbow grease.

Sorry to ask the obvious, but: Isn't it just too tight? The nut could have become tighter while you were adjusting your trainer... Have you considered taking it entirely off and then putting it back on afresh?

I have had no problems with mine, except for minor cosmetic scratches on the quick release lever.

[spokewench]

I may be totally off base here; but it is my recollection that my hubby told me the skewer they send is heavier duty, i.e. steel and that the skewers on some nice bikes are not steel, thus, they bend easier so you should use the trainer skewer.

But, I'm getting old so I don't always remember things correctly! LOL

[ehirsch83]

The other thing is that you have to make sure that your skewer fits! Many skewers are not the plain rectangle shape that fits into the trainer. Hence, why they send you a skewer.(for fun, somewhere I posted a month or so ago about trying to ride the trainer with my normal skewer and falling over because it slid out). I learned my lesson the hard way! Make sure your skewer fits in correctly, it doesn't really matter if you change it out or not. I leave the trainer skewer on my road bike all the time. If your skewer fits the trainer, you are one step ahead of most!

[OakLeaf]

All I know, when I went for my fitting last week, when the guy put my bike on the trainer in the shop, he used the skewer from the trainer, not mine.