HaydenWilson Posted June 6, 2013 Posted June 6, 2013 I am planning on replacing the front fork on my jump bike and I see that most jump forks are 20mm through axle. I heard that with some hubs it's possible to covert to the larger axle size. how do I tell if I can do this with my front hub?
dirtrider Posted June 6, 2013 Posted June 6, 2013 I have heard of QR to 20mm converters but not the other way around . If you interested I got a complete 160mm Nixon with a 20mm XT front wheel and 2.6 Kenda tyre .
patches Posted June 6, 2013 Posted June 6, 2013 I am planning on replacing the front fork on my jump bike and I see that most jump forks are 20mm through axle. I heard that with some hubs it's possible to covert to the larger axle size. how do I tell if I can do this with my front hub? Have you spoken nicely to your hub and seen how it feels about this conversion? Alternatively, see if the hub uses sealed cartridge bearings. If it's cup-n-cone then you're outta luck. If it's sealed cartridge the manufacturer may have a kit for it. DR ◣◢ 1
patches Posted June 6, 2013 Posted June 6, 2013 I have heard of QR to 20mm converters but not the other way around . If you interested I got a complete 160mm Nixon with a 20mm XT front wheel and 2.6 Kenda tyre . Huh? Depending on the hub you can run it as QR, 15mm, or 20mm. it's not so much a "converting QR to 20mm" as it is simply removing the QR kit and putting the 20mm kit on. http://lh5.ggpht.com/gram.mullin/SLj4rW-TPtI/AAAAAAAACYw/XgY8xNDAIC8/s800/Picture_hope%20014.jpg
HaydenWilson Posted June 6, 2013 Author Posted June 6, 2013 Have you spoken nicely to your hub and seen how it feels about this conversion? Alternatively, see if the hub uses sealed cartridge bearings. If it's cup-n-cone then you're outta luck. If it's sealed cartridge the manufacturer may have a kit for it. I asked but all i got was: No lo entiendo. comer una hamburguesa con queso...... So i will ask again and use a spanner. thanks for the advice!
CAAD4 Posted June 6, 2013 Posted June 6, 2013 I asked but all i got was: No lo entiendo. comer una hamburguesa con queso...... So i will ask again and use a spanner. thanks for the advice! Hope FTW
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