Tourney: Quick release polo wheel covers?

Has anyone come across a decent/neat solution for quick release covers?

My next set will fit around the hub body very neatly then lap over the rim almost to the tyre (disc brakes) so prob won't need a slot, also need to be easy to remove as its often windy round here.

I saw these on another polo forum and thought its not a bad idea, they look like glorified chainring bolts/ electronics case fasteners, and just 5 of them seem to have made a neat job, though would have liked to see a bit more flange on the bolts to prevent them pulling through.

Anyone come across any other good solutions? Cheers!

Needs moar spokz ;)

Plastic estate agent sign bolts? I collected loads at one point, didn't use them...

There are these, but it depends what you consider "quick release" as you'd have to take the sprocket off.

Plastic estate agent sign bolts? I collected loads at one point, didn't use them...

I used the plastic bolts previously and worked very well. Only running a disc on the mallet side now hence using zip ties again.

Yup, double discs is overkill...

Velcro cable tie, comes in 1m lengths for a couple of quid from Ebay.

I pondered making spoke brackets with Velcro on but wasn't confident I could get it to hold at speed/in wind and just built boss strong wheels...

There are these, but it depends what you consider "quick release" as you'd have to take the sprocket off.

These are bonza! Exactly what I'm looking for, I bet RS/Farnell sell these in packets under another name.

My discs won't have slots so wheel will have to come off anyway. If its a windy day then they will come off, much rather it take 2-4 minutes to remove/fit covers than have the 20-25min ride of death between buildings & along the riverside to get to (or not) the court.

Cheers guys!

Small bit of googling reveals they are known as 'binder screws' or 'interscrews', generally made from Nylon or HDPE

http://www.mossplastics.com/binder-screws-139310
These guys sell them individually though would be buying a packet as they are useful for other stuff. About 30p each for the right size (40mm total length between the heads, low profile head etc) 12mm diameter on the heads is OK though would have prefered a bit larger (20-30mm) to resist tearing the material.

Velcro cable tie, comes in 1m lengths for a couple of quid from Ebay.

Having seen dave dtoll's Velcro wheel covers that's the way I'm doing my next disc cover.

I think the corex with tear with those ^

What about those zip ties that you can un-do? Use 4 of them over the disc?

Having seen dave dtoll's Velcro wheel covers that's the way I'm doing my next disc cover.

I think the corex with tear with those ^

It'll be OK if used against the 'grain', but with the grain they'll probably tear through after a few hours of play.
the material I'm going to use is solid so shouldn't tear/propagate anyway but will see what happens, its a trial!

Dave's been using them for a while now without any problems, and the wheel cover's one of my old ones so it's already had a fair bit of use.
I don't see why velcro would be any worse than e.g. zip ties for tearing through corex.

The Velcro cable ties work a treat. It takes about 3 minutes to fit and 30seconds to remove They have started to tear the corex but only after maybe 30 sessions of polo. Version 2 will have small squares of gaffa tape on either side of the wheel cover where I cut the slits to put the Velcro through. This should strengthen them enough to stop them tearing.

My discs won't have slots so wheel will have to come off anyway.

That's not going to work due to the cone shape of the spokes. That's the only reason why a slot was ever put in plastic wheel covers.

It's not true, there are several people who have slotless discs...

I never got the whole slot thing...

Geometry, if you want to wrap a flat circle around a cone you just need to cut a slot out... For heavily dished wheels, or wheels with thin rims the cone the spokes form is big enough that you have too cut a slot in a disc or you get a fold/lump.

If you cut a big enough hole in the middle of your disc or your spokes are relatively flat you don't need the slot.

Done

Had to make a slot in the end, the plastic was bowing out just 2" but enough to be beyond what could be squashed back into place.

The plastic/metal binder bolts work OK though getting them through the spokes (8 bolts in a 32 spoke wheel works well) but defo not a 2 minute job. Bolts I got hold of were 60mm between the heads, chopped them down to about 35mm, ideally think about 20-25mm would be the job. With 35mm long bolts the furthest I could mount them was approx 120mm in from the rim.

Only negative, drilled holes for zip ties to hold the slot together tore when over-tightened, material fail.

Improvements for mk2 - will try velcro for the slot and on the rim surface itself, the material is flexible enough that I think it'll work. For now will ride it and see what happens. ciao!

You don't really need the disc to go to the middle do you? The first couple of crosses are strong enough to take a hit and don't have gaps big enough for a ball to fit through, personally my next disc will be at least an inch from the rim and about two thirds from the middle. That will also mean you don't need to cut a slot if you don't want to.

Yours looks nice going the whole way though.

I just finished a velcro wheel cover that takes a few seconds to put on/take off. Seems pretty solid so far, now to test it in polo!

I think velcro might well be worth a try.

The binder bolts where they are located in the pic above dont' work with that 1mm material, it simply bow's out at the rim.
1) Buy shorter bolts (20mm) and affix much closer to the rim, if no good then...
2) bugger bolts and try velco on rim surface & slot
3) if still doesn't sit right then cut centre out of disc and use velcro, disc should then be almost completely flat negating the need for slot & hardcore fixings, and velcro might be even lighter.

With 2x 1mm discs to cover the full wheel and fixings total weight is 475g (ish), but I hav a hefty steel jump fork, hefty cheap front wheel, hefty shimano cable disc so weight isn't really a concern to me anyway.

OH and tried this out on sunday @ polo, wheel took 3 full speed hits and behaved well, ball rebounded a little, but nowhere near as much as lexan, prob similar to coruplast.