L'Il help - Ritchey Hub, no Axle
12-13-18, 08:25 PM
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L'Il help - Ritchey Hub, no Axle
A friend gave me this front wheel but the hub has no axle. I'd estimate this is a mid 90's wheel. The hub uses a sealed unit, wholly replaceable bearing. I'd like to know what an axle for it looks like so I can try and obtain one. Anyone have this hub on one of their bikes? tia!
12-14-18, 11:55 PM
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Bikes: K2 (Marzocchi/Fox), Trek 6000 (red) MARS Elite up front, Specialized Hardrock Sport -> eBike (R7 Elite up front), lastly TREK 820 loaner. Recently sold Peugeot du Monde Record and 1956 Schwinn (owned since new).
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Sorry, looks like it's all there to me. Could we have a picture with the missing axle/skewer?
12-15-18, 05:24 PM
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Hi, sure thing. Here are some more photos. Inner Diameter is 9mm. There is no axle on this hub. I can't see this (or any) wheel held in place with only clamping pressure.
12-15-18, 05:37 PM
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Some of those Ritchey hubs used an oversized quick release, essentially a small thru axle that fits in a standard dropout. They called it a straxle or something like that, Specialized did anyway when they used the hubs.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/NOS-RITCHEY...UDjj:rk:3:pf:0
https://www.ebay.com/itm/NOS-RITCHEY...UDjj:rk:3:pf:0
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12-15-18, 05:39 PM
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12-16-18, 09:34 AM
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12-16-18, 10:49 PM
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Makes sense. Ritchey was all about keeping weight down. Why have a hollow axle AND a skewer ... Knowing them a bit, especially if you could make the skewer out Ti 
