Originally Posted by
corrado33
I was under the impression that the weight/force was of holding a wheel in place was done via the friction between the frame and locknuts?
So in other words, the length of axle sticking out was only there to help you get it in the dropouts correctly?
All well & good, but if I ran into an unexpected pot hole/curb, I'd like a little extra "insurance".
It just seems really stupid to ride around and worry about ending up in a vegetative state because I wanted to be cheap.
Of course, many don't worry about such things.