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I can't remember why but for some reason pitlocks didn't work for me on the solid axle front wheel.
I think they only do M10s and most fronts are M9.
So instead I bought a pair of M9s (plus tool) from here:
http://www.seclock.co.uk/
(Buy two nuts and one tool, making sure that the tool fits both nuts.)
Now a word of warning. The tool that you get has a limited depth to it.
This means that with a long axle (protruding beyond the fork) the tool won't be able to do up the nuts (it just sits on top of the axle nowhere near the nut!).
I had a choice: hacksaw off some axle or add washers.
Unfortunately I couldn't find ANY M9 washers. (If anyone knows where I can get some that would be great!)
But I REALLY didn't want to hack off any axle.
So I now roll with M10 washers and the seclock nuts on both sides.
So far they have worked fine! Highly recommended: cheap and effective.