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3/8th Axle's, Hub set up and weight

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BadKitty:

--- Quote from: Professor Horatio Hufnagel on January 12, 2016, 10:58:57 PM ---The thing about 17mm/20mm axles is that they effectively lock the rear triangle together.

3/8"/14mm axles are weak enough to bow when you tighten your wheel up if the dropouts aren't parallel at your hub width.

Female 17 or 20mm hubs support female bolts so well. The bending area is only the part of the bolt outside of the inner axle. With 3/8"/14mm male hubs, the whole axle is flexing up until it yields

This is why a 17mm female axle with 3/8" bolts can often out perform a 14mm male axle

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thats what i was thinking too.  Think im going go the 3/8th female route, and totally try something new.  Its the old, " a pencil is easily snapped in two.  the two smaller pieces of the same pencil once broken, are very hard to snap in two again." if that makes sense?  Definitely wanted to get a few opinions on it, given the astronomical cost of Rear wheels.

Prodigal Son:
It wouldn't hurt to start a communique with Standard. They hooked me up last time I dealt with them. Especially if you're just wanting a frame they have inventory of.

badlight:
I got about 2 years out of a Profile aluminum inner axle with a substantial amount of peg abuse before I broke the inner axle. My cult 'shemale' style axle is holding up quite well as well, and I spent a lot of time this year doing some stupid fuf-ice type shit on it. Still have never broke a 3/8ths female bolt and its been a few years.

Honestly, if youre just riding and cruising sans pegs, you shouldnt have any problem with the Profile aluminum inner axle.

Patty:
The axle and a bearing would go at the same time with the antigrams. I sent the axle in and got it warrantied. They said it was a defect in the axle collar. It happened again with the new axle.

Just to be 100% safe, I'd get the 3/8s cromoly axles on the profiles. I just don't think aluminum is very good for axles.

montymitch:

--- Quote from: Patty on January 14, 2016, 09:27:11 AM ---The axle and a bearing would go at the same time with the antigrams. I sent the axle in and got it warrantied. They said it was a defect in the axle collar. It happened again with the new axle.

Just to be 100% safe, I'd get the 3/8s cromoly axles on the profiles. I just don't think aluminum is very good for axles.

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I'm pretty gentle with my bike, and I've had Vandero II and a Marmoset in front; both have deformed with peg and guard use. I'm currently running a set of Antigrams without pegs and I've had zero issues.

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