Rear freewheel hub with changeable axle

Posted on Mon 19th, January 2009

• #1

lightbulb

I need a singlespeed hub for my 120mm dropouts with a changeable axle (I need a longer one). Anyone know of any? I've found plenty of hubs, but they never mention the axle.
• #2

Stein

They should all change alright.
I have changed one for the same reason myself... it was dead easy, just changed the bearings and lube while I was at it.
I just bought one in my LBS
• #3

lightbulb

Found a Suzue basic hub with a standard axle on ebay. Lubed it up well and put a 175mm axle in - perfect.
A good thing, but in this case a problem, with many rear hubs is that they have flanges on their axles related to the sealed bearings of the hub, like this:

Not only is it hard to find a replacement axle, but I never found one longer than the original.

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