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@Velocio
I'm flying with my bike in a few days and have just discovered that the wheels don't fit in the hard-case bike box that I have because the thickness of the nuts on the Phil Wood hubs is too wide for the holes on the bike box.
The bike box is clearly made specifically for road bikes and expects a QR skewer and not a track axle.
I've taken the nuts off the axle and the Phil Wood axle is hollow. I can stick a QR in to get the wheels into the bike box, but I'm now wondering whether it's possible to ride on the QR skewers in America. It will be a sure way to make sure I don't mislay the allen nuts I have, and will also be more convenient swapping out the wheels at each destination.
So, do the Phil Wood hubs naturally take QR?
Is QR on fixed a bad idea?