I’ve responded to a request from a reader for more information about quick-release skewer lengths by going further, with a major expansion of the article about quick releases. The article now covers wheel installation, secondary retention devices including the much-derided “lawyer lips”, and much more. — http://sheldonbrown.com/skewers.html — John Allen, for sheldonbrown.com

I wrote about quick release force in 2009. Feel free to use, link to, etc.
from John
http://bikeeng.blogspot.com/2009/02/quick-release-force.html