axles and QR's....?

marts500
marts500 Posts: 85
edited December 2009 in MTB buying advice
I am thinking about a new wheelset from nuke proof.The front hub is a 20mm bolt thru or 9mm conversion.Presumably a 9mm QR skewer will fit that to go on standard forks..?.

The rear QR hub according to nuke proof uses a 4mm skewer.I thought all "standard" QR's were 5mm...Hope etc.I must be missing something here (maybe a brain)

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  • nicklouse
    nicklouse Posts: 50,675
    well a 9mm skewer will not fit a standard 9mm Qr axle.

    rear skewers tends to be a standardish width.

    so if your fork is a 20mm through axle or a standard 9mm drop-out and you have a normal Qr you will be fine.
    "Do not follow where the path may lead, Go instead where there is no path, and Leave a Trail."
    Parktools :?:SheldonBrown
  • marts500
    marts500 Posts: 85
    do you mean a 9mm qr skewer will not slide through a 9mm adapter in a hub or will not fit a standard size drop-out in the fork....?
  • nicklouse
    nicklouse Posts: 50,675
    there are different set ups.

    there is the 9mm QR axle (the Qr is 9mm diameter axle)

    there is the standard 9mm axle with Qr or nuts
    then there are the through axles.20mm/15mm etc.
    "Do not follow where the path may lead, Go instead where there is no path, and Leave a Trail."
    Parktools :?:SheldonBrown
  • richg1979
    richg1979 Posts: 1,087
    what forks are you using?

    the rears is std qr size.
  • marts500
    marts500 Posts: 85
    Carbon rigid forks with drop outs and about a 1cm gap.

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