help please

[cdfeto]

Hi,
after breaking my front bolt-up axle TWICE (1rst was a crappy stock one, 2nd was a supa-dupa cromoly one), I decided to go 20 mm !

But that means, selling my front wheel and forks, and then buying a new front wheel and new forks ... and spending "extra" money !

People have told me that my hub might the reson why I am breaking axles, as my current one is a no name/brand loose bearing one.

Would a quality hub be much better ?

I was also thinking of buying a 20 mm hub that converts to 10 mm (like a headspin), so I could test it out with a 10 mm axle and if it broke again, then I wouldn't have to buy a new hub to run 20 mm axle forks.

What would you recommend ?

Thanks a lot for the help.

[tomac]

if the axle in your hub is bent it will break skewers (not axles. Axle is in the hub, skewer goes through the hub - this is what you mean?).

Also, if the dropouts on your fork aren't aligned bolt-up skewers may break.

- Joel

[cdfeto]

wow, I didn't quite get all that ^^

skewers, whats that ?

I'll check my dropouts tomorow.

[cdfeto]

Dropouts are fine.

[tomac]

ahem. An axle is a part of the hub. It is clamped into the dropouts and the hubshell spins around it, suspended on the bearings. The skewer goes through the centre of the hollow axle and has a quick release lever or nut on one end. It holds the hub axle in the dropout. A nutted axle is not hollow, and extends past the dropouts to be secured with a nut on either side.

- Joel

[cdfeto]

yeh, thast what i sort.

but why did you talk about them ... I've got a nutted

[tomac]

OK good. Just making sure.

- Joel

[cdfeto]

I think I'll get a convertible hub, keep my forks for now, and if I ever want to go with 20 mm-trough forks, It'll be all good !