Thru axle rack with standard dropouts
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Thru axle rack with standard dropouts
I'm about to buy a cargo rack for my wife's car from Rhino Racks. They rack I'm looking at has permanent thru axle mounts on the front. I love this idea as it instantly adds a bike rack to the cargo rack. However, none of our bikes have thru axle forks. They are all standard dropouts. I know everyone is converting their quick release racks to thru axle and there are plenty of after-market adapters to go that way. I'm wondering if there is an adapter that will allow me to GO THE OTHER WAY: from thru axle to standard dropout.
Any ideas on how I can do that so I can make this cargo rack useful?
Thanks.
Any ideas on how I can do that so I can make this cargo rack useful?
Thanks.
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Problem Solvers makes a thru axle to QR adapter and I'm sure there a plenty of other ones available too. They are made to use in a thru axle wheel, so it will work in a QR fork, but you can stick the adapter in the rack and use a QR to secure the fork. Its probably best to buy an extra QR to leave in the rack, unless you want to keep removing the one from your wheel.
https://problemsolversbike.com/produ...xle-qr-adaptor
https://problemsolversbike.com/produ...xle-qr-adaptor
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You're backwards there dsaul but I know what you're talking about. I used to use a similar device to run TA hubs on a QR fork.
The OP has QR wheels and the mount is through axle.
The OP has QR wheels and the mount is through axle.
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Not really backwards, He needs to use the adapter in the rack, so his QR fork will mount to the rack. It looks like the rack comes with the 15 x 100 adapters for the rack and he will need to put the problem solvers adapters inside the Rhino thru axle adapters.