Mavic wheels, weird skewer and an indoor trainer

[Crankin]

Nope, she is not imagining it. My new bike (Trek) has a weird skewer, too, that did not fit right in the trainer. I found out last night, when I almost killed myself upon standing while riding. I'd been on the trainer once before, but the bike suddenly jumped and listed. It did not fall off thankfully, and DH just replaced the original skewer with another one we have.
Kinda scared to use it again, though!

[ny biker]

The levers on the Bontrager skewers are shaped very differently. I like the shape and the way they feel when you flip them -- there's something sturdy about it. But you're right, they don't fit in a trainer. On the other hand, my mountain bike has old Shimano skewers and they are very similar to the one that I got for the trainer.

I guess this is one way that wheel manufacturers try to differentiate the look of their products vs their competitors. But many of us are riding around with Cycle Ops skewers on our fancy wheels anyway.

[pll]

Nope, she is not imagining it. My new bike (Trek) has a weird skewer, too, that did not fit right in the trainer. I found out last night, when I almost killed myself upon standing while riding. I'd been on the trainer once before, but the bike suddenly jumped and listed. It did not fall off thankfully, and DH just replaced the original skewer with another one we have.
Kinda scared to use it again, though!

Just in case, I was not saying the differences between the Mavic skewer and other skewers were imaginary (I had a DT skewer that drove me crazy), I was just responding to the suggestion of buying a CycleOps trainer skewer. Trainer skewers are pretty standard in my experience.

[Crankin]

Well, the Botranger one wasn't... of course, we have a supply of all things bike, so it was an easy fix.

[Catrin]

Glad that you could fix it! I had to get a special skewer for my Gunner to use with my Kinetic trainer as well. I could, and did, keep the trainer's skewer on the bike so I didn't need to mess with it, but I couldn't use my standard one in the trainer. I was led to understand that is more common than not.

I had Mavic wheels as well...