MTB Wheel Hauler Contest - Name This Thing!

Wheelie bar

 

damn, beat me to it

 

Shish kabob

 

Hub stub

 

there's already a fire poker named bob. we don't want to generate confusion!

 

I just realized I suggested a name for something I cant use lol. I dont have 15mm thru axles. Im still on the old school 9mm qr for now.

 

if there's a reasonable demand i can look into a 9mm version. not sure how strong the 9mm axle would be suspended by 1 end vs the 15mm axle... but could be worth exploring.

 

I think multiple versions would be beneficial... 15mm and 12mm are extremely popular. 9mm also somewhat popular. I was just gonna tool it down a couple mm to make mine fit. I run a 12mm setup currently.

 

Probably not enough market to mess with since I believe 9mm QR went out with the 26" wheel size which is basically non existent now.

 

this design is a M12 thread on a 15mm hollow axle, so if you turned it down to 12mm to fit your hub you'd have a wireless axle

i guess i assumed that everyone was riding the 15mm stuff, but that doesn't seem to be the case. maybe i need a couple different axle diameters instead of just width offsets for boost vs snow. why is it every manufacturer has to do it their own way?!

 

i found a box of stuff in the back of the garage a couple years ago. it was full of 7 and 8 speed rear cassettes, cables and Vee brakes. i took it to the local bike collective and the 20 yr old kid didn't even know what most of that stuff was. i shook my cane at him and left.

 

My bike is a 2010. I have straps on my pedals instead of clipless because I had a very bad experience with clipless. And I took in a now long discontinued fox float fork to swap on it. The older guys geeked out a little and were giving me a fair ration of crap over it. Im hoping to get an upgrade later this year once stock/ordering levels go back to normal.

 

Everybody is running 15mm. Can't focus on the minority with this stuff even though they make the most noise

 

bike industry is a big scam IMO. It runs on peoples the fear of thinking their equipment is obsolete after 1 season.

 

Only to be beaten by the electronics industry. A 2 year old laptop is an antique.

 

while i agree with that sentiment to a certain point, the engineer in me wants to solve EVERYONE'S problems in the most simple, elegant way possible. certainly the main focus will be getting a 15mm setup released to everyone, but if people really do want this in 12mm i can consider modifying the design for a small run of those. really the issue becomes the axle at that point. not insurmountable, just not what i've got sourced now.

 

didn't SantaCruz go to a "version" instead of "year" system a while back because the 2018 and the 2019 are the same damn bike and they didn't want to discount "last year's" model at the shop?

 

Not a clue. For some reason the dirt bike world was able to settle on wheel sizes 20 years ago. Bike industry? Naw, lets keep them buying new stuff.

 

every KTM wheel for like the last 20 yrs fits every full sized bike. just change spacers and you're good to go.