Thread: QR or Nuts on the rear axle
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Old 04-29-14 | 01:05 PM
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Bikes: Willier Zero 7; Merlin Extralight; Calfee Dragonfly tandem, Calfee Adventure tandem; Cervelo P2; Motebecane Ti Fly 29er; Motebecanne Phantom Cross; Schwinn Paramount Track bike

We had a 1993 Burley Duet with a nutted axle, and a freewheel. The axle broke. Replaced with a QR hub with a freehub, cassette.

The replacement is still going strong 15 years later.

Modern Tandem hubs with QR are stronger than what came on your Burley, in part because the placing of the bearings on hubs using cassettes as oppossed to frewheels.
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