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Made the axle myself. Like tester I used stainless. End caps are aluminium with the serrated rings pinched from a pair of cracked hope washers. Washers are also from hope. Bolts are standard M10 stainless cap head. Spaced 8.5mm drive side and 11.5mm non drive for a 42mm chainline.
Yeah, I went for the HB-T780, just for the matching finish really and wanted both hubs to be good and reliable as it's going to see a lot of bad weather riding.
I'm surprised velosolo haven't produced something like this. I think it's a much better solution than their replacement axle and I think there's scope to do it with aluminium, providing it's decent quality material.