Originally Posted by
dabac
There's no direct link between wheel strength and thru-axles. Wheel strength comes from things like flange diameter/ spacing, spoke count/diameter etc
The advantage you can get from thru-axles is that they tie the left and right side of the fork/frame together more rigidly, which makes the frame/fork overall stiffer.
A thru-axle wheel may well be stronger, but not b/c its a thru-axle.
I understand that the big reason for the thru-axle is to keep the front wheel from self-ejecting. I guess you should put that on the negative list for disc brakes.
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