I have a steel road bike with horizontal rear dropouts, and occasionally when cranking away from rest the rear axle slips forward on the driveside. I just have a simple non branded skewer at the moment and can’t really get it any tighter without feeling I might snap the lever off. So, what’s the best/strongest skewer there is? Do those francy Crank Brothers ones with the double levers offer much better clamping?

Cheers

M

Shimano are the strongest I’ve used (or, that I think I’ve used – I have no empirical evidence for this, just ‘feel’)!

use campag or shimano, work better than the fancy alternatives. Or just use bolts.

Would like to use bolts but don’t think my hub can take owt but a 5mm QR axle. Will get an ultegra one or similar.
Cheers

DT Swiss RWS or Shimano.

I agree with sheldon, Shimano all the way…
http://sheldonbrown.com/skewers.html

Chain tug?

I’ve got some X-Lite titanium ones that have been on several bikes over the last 14 years.

+2 for Chain Tug

Would like to use bolts but don’t think my hub can take owt but a 5mm QR axle.

You could use an allen key skewer. eg something like this: http://www.wiggle.co.uk/bbb-bqr-03-hex-quick-release-skewers/

http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Mobile/MobileModels.aspx?ModelID=26621

+1 for shimano skewers or allen key ones. But yes a single chaintug on the drive side would solve it too and mean you get the wheel back in the right place easily after taking it out.