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Old 10-20-05, 07:54 AM
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Originally Posted by same time
I have a pair of Suzue Promax hubs, and the front axle is flatted the way you describe. I always wondered why, and I still wonder why. I mean, you're not going to apply torque to the front wheel, right?

It's annoying because when you tighten the axle nuts, the wheel slips around and can wind up off-center in the fork.

This doesn't really help you, does it? Unless that axle happens to fit in a shimano rear hub...
Yeah, the dropouts on mine are so narrow that they wouldn't rotate in place... so less irritating Seems like this is something i'm going to have to go to the source for. SIGH.
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