Thru Axle Bike Frame

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Thru axle bike frame.

Thru axles for bikes. 12mm and 15mm thru axles. Most thru axles are described by four measurements and you might see them described something like this. However thru axles are different than a skewer because rather than using a camming mechanism to hold the wheel on a thru axle threads directly into your bike frame.

You can see more details about these measurements below. A thru axle is also the only way an upside down fork like a manitou dorado or a maverick or a motorcycle fork will work. Early cyclocross bikes borrowed the 15mm front thru axle diameter but as disc brakes became more common on drop bar bikes they all standardized to 12mm. 15 x 100mm 127 length 1 5.

Your bike has a thru axle if the drop out is a hole rather than a u shaped dropout. Here we upgrade our classic carbon mountain hardtail frame to this 2020 new hardtail frame. The diameter of the thru axle. Replace your stock axle with a lightweight lightning bolt on axle or tow your kids with our kid trailer axle.

In this example 15mm is the diameter 100mm is the o l d 127mm is the overall length and 1 5mm is the thread pitch. This carbon hardtail mtb frame is only 980g s 15 and 1050g m 17. When mountain bikes first went to thru axles the standard was 12 142 which was the same effective width as the quick release hubs they replaced. The robert axle project makes thru axles for bikes.

Some thru axles have a cam looking lever and some are lower profile and bolt on.