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02-12-17 | 08:49 AM

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Bikes: Catrike 559 I own some others but they don't get ridden very much.

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Originally Posted by HillRider

Forks with solid "lawyer lips" are adequate security against front wheel ejection if the axle nuts or qr skewer are tightened properly. So the lack of a thru-axle isn't a hazard.

I understand the theory but I'm not 100% it works in real life.

I worked on a full suspension mountain bike from a major manufacturer that kept ejecting it's front wheel. The best solution I could come up with was to replace the QR lever with a genuine Shimano (enclosed mechanism) lever. It wasn't my bike and the owner never brought it back so I don't know if that was an adequate solution.

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