Originally Posted by
dsaul
In most of those nuts, the hole is off center by a differing amount, to allow the rear wheel to be aligned in the frame. Welding frames causes the metal to shrink and pull in varying degrees depending on the amount of filler metal added, fit tolerances, etc. Thru axles are not tolerant of the misalignment that welding can cause and there is no way to adjust them after fabrication. The eccentric(or off-center) nuts allow the drive side dropout to be moved forward/back/up/down as necessary to correct the alignment. This appears to be Lynskey's own version of the Syntace thru axle system, which uses similar eccentric nuts and a pinch bolt.
Not disagreeing with you, but that is not something I've ever had to contend with in a regular fork or rear vertical dropout - I've never adjusted the centering of the wheel in the dropout or noticed that the dropout had been modified after welding. Why would this be a problem for a through axle when it isn't for a regular axled bike?