Velo Orange Quick Release Skewers

A good quick release skewer is a MUST for a safe ride. Unfortunately, the best quick release skewers of all time, the Campagnolo Record skewers produced from 1999 to 2005, are discontinued. Even if you can find one they are obscenely expensive. This is where Velo Orange comes in.

Velo Orange specializes in reproducing items that are either over-priced or unavailable. Their products tend to be almost as good as the originals and these skewers don't disappoint. They function and look just like the original Campy skewers, with just a little less finish and polish. The hole on the lever is a little less finished. The lever doesn't have the same level of mirror polish as the originals. The head of the skewers is laser-etched rather than engraved. That being said, they are as good as I've seen recently, out-matched only by Shimano Dura-Ace. And they are light years better than the plastic shim-style skewers that come stock on most bikes.

So if they are not the absolute best then why get them? Because at $19, they are a bargain. They would be a bargain at $60, but at $19 you will not find anything better.