10mm axle question

Mccraque

I'm looking at a good deal on some Havens at the moment in 29" - but the axle rear is stated as 10mm rather than QR. So...I am a bit confused.

Does that give me the option to use one of these if my frames drop outs are standard QR?

http://superstar.tibolts.co.uk/product_info.php?products_id=287

Or is it designed with bolt through in mind? Thanks, and forgive the ignorance! :oops:

oxocube1

Yes the 10mm through axle you have linked to there is what you would need for hose havens, and it fits a standard QR dropout. I only know this because I contacted superstar and asked them the same question myself. It's just a supposedly lighter, and stiffer alternative to a QR.

bennett_346

He has not linked a 10mm axle, he has linked a 10mm QR skewer. It needs a 10mm hub to work with it.

oxocube1

Yea that's right. I assume it's a 10mm hub that he is talking about, in which case the Superstar one would fit his hub and his standard QR dropouts.

bennett_346

It's not a through axle though

Mccraque

the wheel spec is as such....so the question is do I need a 10mm QR?

Rear Axle Size: 10x135qr, 12x135/142

felix.london

oxocube1 wrote:

It's just a supposedly lighter, and stiffer alternative to a QR.

They're definitely not lighter..they are about 4x the weight of a normal QR skewer!

bennett_346 wrote:

He has not linked a 10mm axle, he has linked a 10mm QR skewer. It needs a 10mm hub to work with it.

He has linked to a 10mm (QR) through-axle not a QR skewer!

Depends on the adapter on the hubs but I would think you just need a standard rear wheel QR skewer...like this;

http://superstar.tibolts.co.uk/product_info.php?cPath=32&products_id=468

nicklouse

Makes no difference. A 10mm though axel or a 10mm Qr. if the hub is spaced as a through hub.

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