Thru axle???????
wheelbuckler
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General interest question now.
I've been looking at the fork reviews in the current MBUK and they seem to have this thru axle business on them and being a bit of a technical newb I was wondering if someone could explain a few things to me.
I was wondering what the benefits over a standard QR are? I'm assuming strength may be one of them but are there any others?
Also if I were to replace my forks (which have a standard QR) to a fork with a thru axle what other items would I have to replace as a knock on effect from this, do I need specific wheels or hubs etc?
And finally, I'm assuming they do the thru axle for a rear wheel as well (do they?) so how would that work?
This is not a request regarding anything specific it was just a general wonderment after browsing through the article. Cheers
I've been looking at the fork reviews in the current MBUK and they seem to have this thru axle business on them and being a bit of a technical newb I was wondering if someone could explain a few things to me.
I was wondering what the benefits over a standard QR are? I'm assuming strength may be one of them but are there any others?
Also if I were to replace my forks (which have a standard QR) to a fork with a thru axle what other items would I have to replace as a knock on effect from this, do I need specific wheels or hubs etc?
And finally, I'm assuming they do the thru axle for a rear wheel as well (do they?) so how would that work?
This is not a request regarding anything specific it was just a general wonderment after browsing through the article. Cheers
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yes they make a stiffer interface.
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