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I suspect a big part of it is the industry moving more towards through axles. There are millions of people out there that can't figure out how to use a quick release properly and have a problem with wheels coming loose or falling out. Through axle solves that, it is a way to dumb down the way to maintain a bike to reduce injuries. The new disc trucker has through axles, so dropping the older LHT forces people to migrate to through axles.