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[Closed] Do wheels need to be specific for bolt through axles?

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I am about to buy a fork with a 15mmx100m bolt through axle but would still have 135mm skewers on the rear of the bike. Would you need bolt through specific wheels to accomodate this? Is there a way of telling if the bolt through axle will fit?

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Posted : 14/06/2020 9:29 pm
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Some wheels have replaceable end caps to allow you to switch between QR & TA. Which hubs have your wheels got?


 
Posted : 14/06/2020 9:31 pm
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You need hubs that can be converted to bolt through. For most modern designs this is just an end cap swap. What hubs/wheels do you have?


 
Posted : 14/06/2020 9:31 pm
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Yes. Most newer hubs have interchangeable end caps though, what hubs do you have?

Lol, beaten to it a couple of times...


 
Posted : 14/06/2020 9:32 pm
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@nixie @simondbarnes I am yet to buy the wheels, just trying to not get caught out as it would be quite an inconvinence.


 
Posted : 14/06/2020 9:33 pm
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Front hubs are not ally just an end cap swap, rear hubs can be tricker as some involve a more complex axle swap and some any be swapped.


 
Posted : 14/06/2020 9:34 pm
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You need hubs that can be converted to bolt through. For most modern designs this is just an end cap swap. What hubs/wheels do you have?

That's interesting. I bought some wheels recently, and in hindsight should have went bolt-through and converted to QR, but I didn't.

How do you tell if you have end caps, how do they fit?


 
Posted : 14/06/2020 9:38 pm
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@butcher. What wheels/hubs?


 
Posted : 14/06/2020 10:02 pm
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Shimano XT DH UR700 Dynamo. They do a through axle version of this too, so a potential candidate?

Rear I suspect may be a rebranded Novatec, I'm not entirely sure.


 
Posted : 14/06/2020 10:17 pm
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check out hope hubs/wheels


 
Posted : 14/06/2020 10:50 pm

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