Specialized Thru Axle Road Bike

And specialized promoted its own scs rear thru axle standard last year which used a 135mm thru axle but a different rear hub geometry that meant that there were few available wheelsets.

Specialized thru axle road bike.

Check with your local bike shop for what you ll need. Specialized bicycle owner s manual all languages. The advantages are increased stiffness between the frame fork and the wheels and they make correct wheel alignment easier especially if the bike uses disc brakes. The lightning bolt on axles are our lightweight thru axles for bikes and provide a better alternative to your stock axle.

15 x 100mm 127 length 1 5. Upgrading to a thru axle is going to be in most cases a poor cost vs. Tarmac sl6 disc expert. Here s how to remove and fit wheels equipped with through axles.

With our 12 mm thru axles for trainers you can now train and warm up on your race bike. Mountain bikes mostly use a 15x100mm front thru axle and you might still find a few road bikes that adopted that standard early on but 12 100. Available for road cross gravel and mountain bikes. You can see more details about these measurements below.

So the width hasn t changed from quick release wheels on the front. A thru axle slots through the frame of the fork legs which are closed no dropouts. Use our axle finder to find the axle that fits your bike. Our 12mm thru axles for trainers adapt your 12mm thru axle equipped mountain cross gravel or road bike to modern bike trainers.

Front thru axles for road bikes have largely settled on 12x100mm meaning 12mm diameter axle with a 100mm wide hub shell. Increasing numbers of road bikes have wheels with bolt through axles. Tarmac sl6 disc expert. 12x100mm thru axle flat mount disc.

Specialized expert shallow drop alloy 125mm drop x 75mm reach. And while some thru axles have a lever on one end to help you unscrew them others will require an allen tool another great reason to always carry a multi tool. 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. Lightning bolt on replacement thru axles.

No longer do you need a second bike for indoor training or warming up for a race. Here s our guide to using them without damaging your wheels and frame. 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.