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Hope you can help. I'm after a bolt-up axle to stiffen up the rear of my singlespeed and stop the wheel slipping in the horizontal dropouts. I just can't get a QR skewer to do the job. Any ideas where I can get one for a standard 135mm QR rear hub?
Thanks muchly!
Los
standard 135mm QR rear hub
There's no such thing these days - what kind of hub is it?
Are the teeth on the QR ends sharp enough to 'bite' into the frame?
The late Sheldon Brown's words on the matter:
'Conventional wisdom is that you need a solid (nutted or "bolt-on") axle hub for fixed-gear or singlespeed use, and that a quick-release will not hold the wheel solidly enough in a horizontal forkend. This is not true, however.
Since most newer bikes have vertical dropouts, people have gotten used to wimpy aluminum skewers, and often don't adjust them as tightly as they might.
If you use a good quality (Shimano is the best) skewer, tightened securely, it will hold just fine in any type of dropout or forkend.'
its probably new hub time. i`m pretty sure one of the DJ brands will do a hub like that. octane one/NS/gussett etc. look on CRC
i converted a front shimano some time back by buying a really cheap shimano hub with the axle i required. you can (or used to be able to) buy solid axles but hte threads on shimano hubs are imperial whereas the rest of hte universe is metric and its a bugger to get cones to fit.
^^^
that bit about above QR's being OK in all dropouts is clearly written by a man in sandals who has never stood on a pedal in any real anger.
SB knew more about bikes than you I'd wager!
If your hub can be converted to 12x135, then use the Azonic Momentum axle.
http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Models.aspx?ModelID=20271
Stiffer than a Priest at choir practise.
[url= http://weldtite.co.uk/products/axles/axles-with-grease-carded ]Weldtite[/url] ?
Dumb question, but would an allen-key thread work? I use mine for security, but you can also get it pretty tight.
I had a creak between the dropouts and hub, solved it by changing the QR for Halo hex QR. Maybe not as stiff as a solid axle, but it does, it's lighter and you dont need to carry a bloody big spanner in case of punctures.
Any bike shop will have a std axle & nuts for probably no more than £5 - £10. Just swap all the cones etc across to the solid axle. I always swap any wheel thats going into sliding dropouts for one. It just saves a whole load of hassle with tugs etc. Just be sure you pack a 15mm spanner in your pack though. I've probably got a spare solid axle at home if you get no joy.