Trek today in cooperation with the US Consumer Product Safety Commission issued a recall of quick-release skewers commonly used on the company’s entry-level and mid-range bikes since 1999.

1.5 million bikes across 17 brands have been recalled in the US due to an issue with the quick-release skewer design - and Australian recalls may follow. The joint voluntary recall was announced ...

Product recalls are usually pretty boring news. But this week, a bike recall turned out to be so significant that it hit the pages of none other than USA Today: Trek, one of the country's largest ...

With the recent movement towards disc brakes on mountain bikes, however ... center of the axle – it's sort of like the skewers used in quick-release axles, but thick like a thru-axle.

and onto the wheel's quick-release skewer on either side at the bottom – the system ships with an extra-long skewer, which replaces the one already on the bike. This setup means that when the ...

With the wheel out of the bike fully, remove the quick release skewer or axle so you can slide the cassette lockring tool into the lockring that holds the cassette onto the freehub (the barrel ...