Bought wheels with 15mm front axle - options?
twonks
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Having just bought some Crossrides from the forum, I failed to notice the 15mm hollow axle on the front wheel - oops
Not a real problem as ultimately I want to be upgrading the forks so will get some with the appropriate axle, but without opening a car of worms, can I simply put in some adaptors to take it down to std QR skewers for the time being?
A search suggests that all Mavic wheels will be ok with a plastic adaptor - apart from the crossrides.. doh.
I know it can be done on some wheels as my Pro II hub on the main bike has the adaptors in and uses a std QR.
Any thoughts as to how it can be done, or should I just leave them in the garage until I sort some forks out.
Not a real problem as ultimately I want to be upgrading the forks so will get some with the appropriate axle, but without opening a car of worms, can I simply put in some adaptors to take it down to std QR skewers for the time being?
A search suggests that all Mavic wheels will be ok with a plastic adaptor - apart from the crossrides.. doh.
I know it can be done on some wheels as my Pro II hub on the main bike has the adaptors in and uses a std QR.
Any thoughts as to how it can be done, or should I just leave them in the garage until I sort some forks out.
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twonks wrote:I know it can be done on some wheels as my Pro II hub on the main bike has the adaptors in and uses a std QR.
Just swap the wheels over for now?0 -
Sorry, I may not have made it clear in the first post.
The Crossrides are for my second bike - a Piglet build.
At the moment it has wheels with QRs and I have no means to swap the wheels over as the crossride front has a 15mm hollow axle. - hence the question about adaptors.
The Hope hoops on the main FS bike are also QR and that bike isn't getting touched at the moment lol0 -
Get a 15mm axle made up for it."Do not follow where the path may lead, Go instead where there is no path, and Leave a Trail."
Parktools :?:SheldonBrown0
