Originally Posted by Gresp15C

Oddly enough, I searched high and low for a solid front axle, and ended up with this product:

Wheels Manufacturing AXLE-14

I figured the only thing "rear" about it was the length, and I cut it down to 142 mm, after measuring the outer dimensions of my bikes and adding the thickness of the nuts, which have floating serrated washers.

But I agree with the crap shoot bit.


My thought process is that a single point failure of the skewer results in a crash, especially since neither of my bikes has lawyer lips. On the other hand, two nuts would have to both fail in order for the wheel to fall off. Failure of a single nut would result in reduction of function, but not a crash.

Anyway, I don't have enough knowledge or evidence to weigh into a debate on this, so it's just my own personal pursuit. I've certainly never experienced a skewer failure myself, or even heard of such a thing.