{"id":334,"date":"2011-10-02T21:57:00","date_gmt":"2011-10-02T21:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ssgc.co\/2011\/10\/halo-hex-skewers-follow-up\/"},"modified":"2011-10-02T21:57:00","modified_gmt":"2011-10-02T21:57:00","slug":"halo-hex-skewers-follow-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/singlespeedgoldcoast.com\/2011\/10\/02\/halo-hex-skewers-follow-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Halo Hex Skewers (follow up)"},"content":{"rendered":"
The halo has dropped from my Halo hex bolt skewers…though it still may be my fault.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
\"\"<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Halo hex bolt skewers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
<\/div>\n
When I first got the Halo skewers<\/a>\u00a0I loved them but I was a little worried about how hard I should tighten them. They didn’t feel like they could handle a great deal of \u00a0force and, more to the point, I wasn’t really sure how much force I was putting through them with my little 5mm hex key. At one point I added an extension to my key so that it felt more like the kind of spanner I’d normally use for tightening my nuts. (Make appropriate double-entendre sound now…eeeewww!)<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n
\"\"<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Okay, Google “halo” and you don’t get any angelic images in the first 50-odd pages. Halo<\/a> is now synonymous with war. Nothing to do with bikes…but interesting.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
<\/div>\n
A couple days after installing the Halo hex bolt skewers on my fixie my bike developed a squeak (and I thought, “Oh no, not the bottom bracket again!”) which I was\u00a0subsequently\u00a0traced to the front wheel, which was loose (phew, not BB). I had definitely not tightened the bolt enough so I got bold and tightened the hex bolt properly and was never bothered again. I’ve had the front wheel on and off a couple times recently and had no further problems.<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
The spare skewer went onto my Cannondale Prophet<\/a>\u00a0where it was pretty handy because the front end already zipped up with a 5mm hex key and now I could comfortably leave the bike locked to the car for (very ) short periods with just a single (big beefy D-bolt) lock.<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
And this is where the problem starts. Yesterday I smashed a classic snake-bite puncture into the rear tube of the Dale, pulled out the multi-tool, removed the wheel, pulled the tube out and patched it, returned it to the wheel and tried to cycle off. Oops, forgot to tighten the wheel bolt. Pulled the multi-tool back out and gave the Halo hex bolt skewer a good tighten…and snapped it clean off the bike.<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n
\"\"<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Broken Halo hex bolt skewer. The threaded end is snapped .<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
If it was hard to\u00a0gauge\u00a0effort when tightening with a hex key it is even harder to\u00a0gauge\u00a0when tightening with a multi-tool. And obviously…obviously…I tightened it a little too much…and the threaded end of the skewer snapped off and shot into the bush.<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
And I walked home 3kms.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The halo has dropped from my Halo hex bolt skewers…though it still may be my fault. Halo hex bolt skewers When I first got the Halo skewers\u00a0I loved them but I was a little worried about how hard I should tighten them. They didn’t feel like they could handle a great deal of \u00a0force and, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"single.php","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[53],"tags":[94],"yoast_head":"\nHalo Hex Skewers (follow up) - SSGC<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/singlespeedgoldcoast.com\/2011\/10\/02\/halo-hex-skewers-follow-up\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Halo Hex Skewers (follow up) - SSGC\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The halo has dropped from my Halo hex bolt skewers…though it still may be my fault. Halo hex bolt skewers When I first got the Halo skewers\u00a0I loved them but I was a little worried about how hard I should tighten them. They didn’t feel like they could handle a great deal of \u00a0force and, […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/singlespeedgoldcoast.com\/2011\/10\/02\/halo-hex-skewers-follow-up\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"SSGC\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2011-10-02T21:57:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-cWwAu9kIUuI\/TojWv_bDPBI\/AAAAAAAAHgo\/Rhw8rlZSkV8\/s400\/halokeys.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"SSGC\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"SSGC\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/singlespeedgoldcoast.com\/2011\/10\/02\/halo-hex-skewers-follow-up\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/singlespeedgoldcoast.com\/2011\/10\/02\/halo-hex-skewers-follow-up\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"SSGC\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/singlespeedgoldcoast.com\/#\/schema\/person\/8d70afff181e11db121d0e53d5cbbcd6\"},\"headline\":\"Halo Hex Skewers (follow up)\",\"datePublished\":\"2011-10-02T21:57:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2011-10-02T21:57:00+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/singlespeedgoldcoast.com\/2011\/10\/02\/halo-hex-skewers-follow-up\/\"},\"wordCount\":414,\"commentCount\":3,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/singlespeedgoldcoast.com\/#organization\"},\"keywords\":[\"halo\"],\"articleSection\":[\"review\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/singlespeedgoldcoast.com\/2011\/10\/02\/halo-hex-skewers-follow-up\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/singlespeedgoldcoast.com\/2011\/10\/02\/halo-hex-skewers-follow-up\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/singlespeedgoldcoast.com\/2011\/10\/02\/halo-hex-skewers-follow-up\/\",\"name\":\"Halo Hex Skewers (follow up) - SSGC\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/singlespeedgoldcoast.com\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2011-10-02T21:57:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2011-10-02T21:57:00+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/singlespeedgoldcoast.com\/2011\/10\/02\/halo-hex-skewers-follow-up\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/singlespeedgoldcoast.com\/2011\/10\/02\/halo-hex-skewers-follow-up\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/singlespeedgoldcoast.com\/2011\/10\/02\/halo-hex-skewers-follow-up\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/singlespeedgoldcoast.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Halo Hex Skewers (follow up)\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/singlespeedgoldcoast.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/singlespeedgoldcoast.com\/\",\"name\":\"SSGC\",\"description\":\"Fixie fixes and single speed doses for Gold Coasters\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/singlespeedgoldcoast.com\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/singlespeedgoldcoast.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/singlespeedgoldcoast.com\/#organization\",\"name\":\"SSGC\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/singlespeedgoldcoast.com\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/singlespeedgoldcoast.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/singlespeedgoldcoast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/ssgc70.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/singlespeedgoldcoast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/ssgc70.png\",\"width\":70,\"height\":54,\"caption\":\"SSGC\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/singlespeedgoldcoast.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/singlespeedgoldcoast.com\/#\/schema\/person\/8d70afff181e11db121d0e53d5cbbcd6\",\"name\":\"SSGC\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/singlespeedgoldcoast.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/83dbdc7d9c5bfcdb7e5e620312fca0f4?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/83dbdc7d9c5bfcdb7e5e620312fca0f4?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"SSGC\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/singlespeedgoldcoast.com\/author\/ssgc\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Halo Hex Skewers (follow up) - SSGC","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/singlespeedgoldcoast.com\/2011\/10\/02\/halo-hex-skewers-follow-up\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Halo Hex Skewers (follow up) - SSGC","og_description":"The halo has dropped from my Halo hex bolt skewers…though it still may be my fault. Halo hex bolt skewers When I first got the Halo skewers\u00a0I loved them but I was a little worried about how hard I should tighten them. They didn’t feel like they could handle a great deal of \u00a0force and, […]","og_url":"https:\/\/singlespeedgoldcoast.com\/2011\/10\/02\/halo-hex-skewers-follow-up\/","og_site_name":"SSGC","article_published_time":"2011-10-02T21:57:00+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-cWwAu9kIUuI\/TojWv_bDPBI\/AAAAAAAAHgo\/Rhw8rlZSkV8\/s400\/halokeys.jpg"}],"author":"SSGC","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"SSGC","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/singlespeedgoldcoast.com\/2011\/10\/02\/halo-hex-skewers-follow-up\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/singlespeedgoldcoast.com\/2011\/10\/02\/halo-hex-skewers-follow-up\/"},"author":{"name":"SSGC","@id":"https:\/\/singlespeedgoldcoast.com\/#\/schema\/person\/8d70afff181e11db121d0e53d5cbbcd6"},"headline":"Halo Hex Skewers (follow up)","datePublished":"2011-10-02T21:57:00+00:00","dateModified":"2011-10-02T21:57:00+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/singlespeedgoldcoast.com\/2011\/10\/02\/halo-hex-skewers-follow-up\/"},"wordCount":414,"commentCount":3,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/singlespeedgoldcoast.com\/#organization"},"keywords":["halo"],"articleSection":["review"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/singlespeedgoldcoast.com\/2011\/10\/02\/halo-hex-skewers-follow-up\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/singlespeedgoldcoast.com\/2011\/10\/02\/halo-hex-skewers-follow-up\/","url":"https:\/\/singlespeedgoldcoast.com\/2011\/10\/02\/halo-hex-skewers-follow-up\/","name":"Halo Hex Skewers (follow up) - SSGC","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/singlespeedgoldcoast.com\/#website"},"datePublished":"2011-10-02T21:57:00+00:00","dateModified":"2011-10-02T21:57:00+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/singlespeedgoldcoast.com\/2011\/10\/02\/halo-hex-skewers-follow-up\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/singlespeedgoldcoast.com\/2011\/10\/02\/halo-hex-skewers-follow-up\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/singlespeedgoldcoast.com\/2011\/10\/02\/halo-hex-skewers-follow-up\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/singlespeedgoldcoast.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Halo Hex Skewers (follow up)"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/singlespeedgoldcoast.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/singlespeedgoldcoast.com\/","name":"SSGC","description":"Fixie fixes and single speed doses for Gold Coasters","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/singlespeedgoldcoast.com\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/singlespeedgoldcoast.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/singlespeedgoldcoast.com\/#organization","name":"SSGC","url":"https:\/\/singlespeedgoldcoast.com\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/singlespeedgoldcoast.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/singlespeedgoldcoast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/ssgc70.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/singlespeedgoldcoast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/ssgc70.png","width":70,"height":54,"caption":"SSGC"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/singlespeedgoldcoast.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/singlespeedgoldcoast.com\/#\/schema\/person\/8d70afff181e11db121d0e53d5cbbcd6","name":"SSGC","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/singlespeedgoldcoast.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/83dbdc7d9c5bfcdb7e5e620312fca0f4?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/83dbdc7d9c5bfcdb7e5e620312fca0f4?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"SSGC"},"url":"https:\/\/singlespeedgoldcoast.com\/author\/ssgc\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/singlespeedgoldcoast.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/334"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/singlespeedgoldcoast.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/singlespeedgoldcoast.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/singlespeedgoldcoast.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/singlespeedgoldcoast.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=334"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/singlespeedgoldcoast.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/334\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/singlespeedgoldcoast.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=334"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/singlespeedgoldcoast.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=334"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/singlespeedgoldcoast.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=334"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}