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Buy new hubs I would think. Or, link button won't work so,

http://www.hubjub.co.uk/etc/etc.htm#pit

Boom!

And it's Zipp!

Or that ^. I'll get me coat.

yeah those look like a good option to go for.
cheers rusty.

you just need a new axle surely?

[quote][cite] Joshvegas:[/cite]you just need a new axle surely?
That's what my link was.

1903 can you grab mine when you are in the cloakroom?

[quote][cite] rusty:[/cite]
That's what my link was.

Your link is to an outrageously overpriced allen key skewer.

@OP, what kind of hub? Loose ball easy enough, sealed bearing not so.

its a loose ball shimano.

yeah i was meaning replace the whole axle as mechanical_vandal suggests

wot just switch the axle around then?

aye

maybe something like this is needed ? although this is for the rear wheel.

[quote][cite] mechanical_vandal:[/cite]

Your link is to an outrageously overpriced allen key skewer.
I wouldn't say the price was outrageous. It was only about £3 more than the cheapest I could find with a quick google. It's by far the easiest option. Changing the axle either requires appropriate tools and the confidence to do the job and adjust it correctly when finished or to pay someone to do it. Slipping out the existing QR and putting in this one will take all of 2 minutes.

iits a nice wee procedure to practice adjusting bearings i say go for it

Although, track nuts don't offer extra protection from theft really. I think we all just think they do because the potential thief would need an adjustable spanner to get them off, and I include myself in this. It's a bit silly really. Also it would surely cost more than £9 to replace an axle in a hub at your LBS, non?

[quote][cite] rusty:[/cite]
I wouldn't say the price was outrageous. It was only about £3 more than the cheapest I could find with a quick google. It's by far the easiest option. Changing the axle either requires appropriate tools and the confidence to do the job and adjust it correctly when finished or to pay someone to do it. Slipping out the existing QR and putting in this one will take all of 2 minutes.

But do bugger all for the security of the wheel as unfortunately most tea leaves are aware of how useful an allen key set can be.

You could get an axle kit from Hellfrauds for about a 10er, a tube of grease for a 5er and cone spanners for another 5er.
£20 and you'll have a more secure front wheel and will have learned how to adjust cones and rebuild a hub in the process.

Get an axle and use google, changing an axle is pretty simple, but you're right, for security purposes it makes hee-haw difference to a proper thief.

yeah but its fun and looks cooler

If you wanted to get tech then get the inside of an axle faced off to protrude 4mm from the locknuts, bored out 30mm on each end and tapped to take an M6 bolt. Get some countersunk Stainless Security-bit bolts (like torx but in some other weird asymetrical configueration) and fit them with countersunk chamfered washers = No means of grippage unless you have the right tool. You can also get countersunk alloy washers in some rad anodised colours.... Female hubs are nice.

http://www.toolstation.com/images/library/stock/webbig/40166.jpg

tighten tighten and tighten until the hex part shears off, one secure front wheel....

Just out of interest. Can you ever tighten up nuts too much? I'm talking the allen key nuts on my hubs. All I talk about is nuts these days.

[quote][cite] rusty:[/cite]Boom!

And it's Zipp!

i used to use ones like this that require a specific tool to open and close them so a bit more secure. look like allen keys but it has 5 sides instead of 6 and a pin in centre of the face. only way to open them without the tool is with a pair of needle nose pliers, i am told, to grip the inner piece and the outer casing then turn the other bolt on the other end of the axle.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Tranz-X-Quick-release-locking-wheel-skewers-alloy_W0QQitemZ120523753795QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_sportsleisure_cycling_bikeparts_SR?hash=item1c0fc68943