Quick Release Vs Thru Axle Road Bike

But there are still many bikes that have skewers.

Quick release vs thru axle road bike. While my current road disc bike has quick release front and back and they work just grand if i was getting a new disc bike road cross or mountain it would definitely be a thru axle front. 41 97 in stock. Sure like bb30 it s technically stiffer. Skewers use a camming mechanism to secure the wheel to u shaped fork dropouts.

Focus 12x100mm fw thru axle with quick release lever. The issue is that 9 10mm qrs are plenty stiff already especially for a road bike. Thru axles are dominant in the mountain bike world where their stiffness strength and the fact that they re more difficult to get wrong the quick releases have made them a success. The differences between a thru axle and a skewer.

Thru axles have been in mountain bikes for nearly five years now and are now moving into road and cross bikes. The battle here is between the traditional quick release skewer qr and through axle systems. You may recognize it from such activities as taking your front wheel off to put your bike in your car or locking the back wheel into a mag or fluid trainer. Our 77 177d disc brake hubs are actually supplied to the customer with both quick release and thru axle end caps so they can make the decision winter road bike tyres.

My old 26 inch mtb had quick release skewers but my upgraded 29er has thru axles i was wondering what s the difference between a quick release and thru axle. Both quick release skewers and thru axles are metal rods that keep bicycle wheels in place. It s a change that has already started to happen but as more and more of us ride road bikes with disc brakes we ll also start to use thru axles. There s no tangible advantage to any of it.

Much like quick releases it s essential that you. My road bike has regular qrs but one of my mtbs has boost thru axles front and rear and the other a 15x100 up front upgraded from a regular qr. I love this photo and it shows the end cap knurls. Currently the most widely used axle on bicycles is the 9mm quick release or qr skewer.

The decision on the rear gets a bit murkier. This popularity is changing though as more bikes are coming standard with wider thru axle designs. For all models with r a t system. We get quite a few questions about the difference between an older style quick release skewer and a newer thru axle.