Originally Posted by
Mr. Spadoni
Off topic, but what’s proprietary about Specialized axles? Am getting ready to build a wheel, found a Specailzed hub that at one point was going to be a fixed gear hub so had the hollow axle replaced with a solid one. Now I want to turn it back to a QR hub. Dug thru the axle collection and the first one I pulled out looks like it fits. As did two others, and I only ever have had two Specialzed rear hubs. So at least one of the axles must be Shimano. What Makes the SBC axle unique?
Thinking about it, maybe I have it bassackwards. I think it was the Specialized/Sansin/Suntour hubs that had the normal axle and sleeve 'cones' to hold the bearings. Suzue had the weird flanged axle with shoulders. Anyone remember? As you probably know, specialized never actually made anything themselves. It's easy to get who OEM'ed for who mixed up after 35 years.