Thru Axle Road Wheels

Robert axle project makes replacement thru axles for most types of bikes contact them for the right model for your frame or fork.

Thru axle road wheels.

Most of today s road bikes that use thru axles take 12x100mm at the front the diameter is 12mm the length is 100mm and 12x142mm at the rear. Marc abbott asks if this mountain bike technology will soon replace the humble skewer henry robertshaw august. Here s how to remove and fit wheels equipped with through axles. 00 60 00 coupon applied at checkout save 60 00 with coupon.

At jenson usa we carry dozens of road bike wheel options from top brands like enve shimano dt swiss mavic hed stan s notubes zipp and others. Upgrading to a thru axle is going to be in most cases a poor cost vs. Current thru axles are slow to operate and require three hands since the axle needs to be completely removed from the bike and the wheel says maxime brunard mavic s road concept. This is where the dropouts are closed an axle passing into a hole on one side of the frame fork through the wheel hub and screwing into a threaded hole usually on the other side of the frame fork.

Unless your boyfriend is a bike mechanic with spares lying around the cost of a hub conversion or wheel replacement plus a new fork would be prohibitively expensive when measuring up any perceived benefit. Every frame and fork needs a thru axle with the correct length and thread pitch. Here s what you need to know about thru axles. The rapid growth in disc brakes for road bikes has catalysed the uptake of thru axles.

Take a look at our selection and feel free to call one of our gear advisors at 951 234 7554 if you have any questions. Increasing numbers of road bikes have wheels with bolt through axles. Ican carbon wheels 40 disc road bike wheelset 40mm clincher tubeless ready disc brake center lock thru axle 12x100 12x142mm 565 00 565.