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[Closed] Advice on old hubs: Can I convert them to Q/R?

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I am servicing a friends bike as a favour, its about 10yrs old. The hubs don't have QR skewers, or even hex skewers. They have a solid threaded axle with bolts holding it into the forks - if you need to change your wheel you have to use a spanner!

My question is, can I convert these to QR and if so, what would I need?

I assume I would need new hollow axles and some QR skewers. I have no idea what kind of bearings these hubs have, I couldn't see any obvious cup/cone lockrings, but I am obviously slightly concerned that if I remove the axles I may end up with bearings falling all over the place.

Any comments? Thank you in advance for any help.


 
Posted : 08/02/2010 12:34 pm
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Just axles and skewers, not often considered money well spent (£20+labour?)


 
Posted : 08/02/2010 12:37 pm
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Hmmm yeah, I think it won't be worth it. It woudl cost ~£15 just for some hex skewers, and I can't seem to find replacement axles yet.


 
Posted : 08/02/2010 12:47 pm