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Surly Cross Check and Front Hub

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Goliath:
So I'm building up a Surly Cross Check (2 x 10 touring/adventure bike) and I have come across a good deal on a front wheel for the build. It's an H plus Sons TB14 laced to a Surly bolt on hub. I know obviously it will work no problem. However, I am new to road bikes or anything with gears basically and all of the Cross Check builds I have seen have quick release hubs. Would it be silly to use this front wheel for my setup?

Narcoleptic Insomniac:
Go for it. The only advantage of QR is that you don't need tools to remove the wheel.

master:
A nutted or bolted hub makes the setup stiffer on a steel frame and fork than a QR hub.

Unless you need to remove the wheel often, you don't really need a QR. And if you end up needing one you can always swap in a QR axle later.

jonathan:
A bolt-on hub is also less likely to get stolen while your bike is locked up outside.

LeonLikesToRock:
Fuck QR.

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