The difference between the skewer that came with you Giant trainer and the Kinetic trainer is probably very small
(if anything at all
). Both should be steel skewers with both ends
(knobs
) being steel. You should be able to use either one without a problem.
Some trainers grap certain steel skewers better than other, the designs of the trainer will take into account the shape of the knob of the skewer
(that's also one of the reasons why trainers are delivered with a skewer
). If you are experiencing less than ideal clamping, change out the skewer to the one that came with the trainer... most of the time, this solves the problem
(but this is not a common problem
).
On the road though, you probably have a skewer that came with the bike.... I would use that. You don't want the trainer skewer to get grimy as this will deteriorate the skewer and how it clamps into the trainer over time.
Changing a skewer out is amongst the easiest things you can do on a bike. All you do
(while holding your bike upright, just like when you're just standing next to it at the coffee shop
), is flip the lever back
(it's a cam mechanism, so this will release the tension
) and while holding each side of the skewer, unscrew it. Be careful as there are a spring on each side of the skewer. Once unscrewed, pull the skewer out of the wheel
(while the wheel is still in the bike
). Replace the trainer skewer with the road skewer
(or vice versa
) by following these instructions backwards....
Edited by audiojan 2009-10-30 1:04 AM