Colin_P
Guru
Hello All,
I'm a large chap, 6'2" and 110kg and give my bikes quite a hard time off road.
Today the rear hollow axle snapped again. I say again as I did this last year also but on a different back wheel. I limped home just with the skewer managing to squish everything together just enough.
Obvious questions are;
1, Is this to be be expected due to my size and moderately hard terrain I cover?
2, Are there any heavy duty hollow axles available? I'd assume they are all 10.9 grade or higher high tensile steel anyway?
3, Would I be better off moving over to a solid axle and carrying a spanner? If I did, the limp home I was able to do would not be possible.
Any thoughts, views or suggestions welcomed.
I'm a large chap, 6'2" and 110kg and give my bikes quite a hard time off road.
Today the rear hollow axle snapped again. I say again as I did this last year also but on a different back wheel. I limped home just with the skewer managing to squish everything together just enough.
Obvious questions are;
1, Is this to be be expected due to my size and moderately hard terrain I cover?
2, Are there any heavy duty hollow axles available? I'd assume they are all 10.9 grade or higher high tensile steel anyway?
3, Would I be better off moving over to a solid axle and carrying a spanner? If I did, the limp home I was able to do would not be possible.
Any thoughts, views or suggestions welcomed.