Thread: Why Thru-Axles are superior
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Old 03-08-25 | 11:33 PM
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Originally Posted by ofajen
OTOH, thru-axles are useless for fixed gear and vastly inferior for single speed (which is all I ride) because a chain idler is required.

Otto
you absolutely don’t need a chain idler for single speed - just horizontal dropouts and a careful selection of the appropriate chainring/freewheel combination to tune chain length
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