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This sounds perfect. If you have more than two hands.
(This in reply to how fun exploro ownership seems.)
I have a xt rear hub and to get the axle out I have to put a big hex key in and hit it with a rubber mallet because it's stuck otherwise.
This might be caused by me putting something together wrong or the axle supplied with the stooge frameset being shit. Or maybe the fact that shimano does trough axle hubs with loose bearings.
But I am glad my boutique taiwan long distance groad randonneur frame has normal old school quick release.
c.h.e.
I’m fine with thru axles and have both lever types and hex types but I tell ya, the one that gets my goat is on the cursed Exploro because the rear one threads directly into the mech hanger which isn’t otherwise connected to the stays at all. So when you take it out to remove the rear wheel, the whole derailleur drops away which is supposed to be a good thing?! for removing and replacing the rear wheel but is a solution to a problem that didn’t exist and actually makes refitting the wheel a right fucking pain with the chain still under tension. So you use the mech cage lock to give you some slack but now your hands are caked in chain oil and road shite as well as mud from the wheel and you have to hold it at the perfect angle while threading the axle back in so as not to cross thread it. Fucking useless.