Aftermarket Chris King 10/12 mm thru axle conversion for 135/150 mm hub spacing

[shock]

Under the general heading of market research/spam, I am nearly done with our Chris King thru axle conversion. This would allow a Chris King hub to be used with a 10 mm thru axle (like a Hadley, for qr dropouts) or a 12 mm like a Stab or Giant DH.

It would also allow the hub to be used with wider than 135 mm spacing, and result in a dishless wheel at 150 mm.

This originally started out as a way to offer the thru axle conversion with our floating brakes, but we'll make it available for non floaters as well.

Pricing still to be determined, as well as pictures, soon.

Any interest in such a thing?

Brian..... braketherapy@therapycomponents.com

[Nelson]

I'm sure theres an Interest, but is there a way to run it 150x12 and still keep your warranty?

[TheGiggler]

i'd be possibly interested in the 135x10 with a floating brake setup... make it a package deal... ;)

[Knight-Rider]

would there be a conversion to run a floater on an existing king hub?

[thedude]

Oh yeah, I am very interested.

I can assure you that TONS of people would be all over this.

[Shmoe]

Doesnt the 12mm conversion just involve drilling the threads out of a funbolted hub?

[Nelson]

If you converted a 135mm hub to 150mm, then you would have either 2 things.

1. A super Dished wheel
2. A Shitty chainline

I can't see this catching on for those 2 reasons, and the fact that to somehow fit a 12mm axle in there, you would be voiding warranty.

[Rosscofat]

shutup nelson with your stupid hadley. :D

[shock]

Originally posted by Nelson
I'm sure theres an Interest, but is there a way to run it 150x12 and still keep your warranty?

We would warrenty the axle, and it would be much stronger than stock

[shock]

Originally posted by statix
i'd be possibly interested in the 135x10 with a floating brake setup... make it a package deal... ;)

We would do a package deal with the thru axle converion, note that we are not selling cK hubs, just the axle conversion.

Give me a call at 765 528-2138 or email braketherapy@therapycomponents.cm

[shock]

Originally posted by Knight-Rider
would there be a conversion to run a floater on an existing king hub?

We do have a kit that works with a standard qr hub if you still wanted to use a skewer, or this conversion would allow the use of a 10 mm thru axle with qr dropouts, using a qr hub

[Knight-Rider]

Originally posted by shock
We do have a kit that works with a standard qr hub if you still wanted to use a skewer, or this conversion would allow the use of a 10 mm thru axle with qr dropouts, using a qr hub

I am currently using the fun bolt axle instead of the quick release.

will it still work?

[shock]

Originally posted by Shmoe
Doesnt the 12mm conversion just involve drilling the threads out of a funbolted hub?

I believe those threads are 12 mm , so if you drilled them out you should be left with 12 mm holes.

This conversion is meant for qr axles, and includes a new endcap for the appropriate width, and wrench flats so you can still adjust bearing tension

[shock]

Originally posted by Knight-Rider
I am currently using the fun bolt axle instead of the quick release.

will it still work?

Sorry I missed this one when I replied to the last one. I don't think I can modify the fun bolt axle to work with the floater, I have an axle on the way, but I'm worried about a couple things with the design of that axle. I should know more next week.

But in any case, we can substitute the axle and make it work.

[shock]

Originally posted by Nelson
If you converted a 135mm hub to 150mm, then you would have either 2 things.

1. A super Dished wheel
2. A Shitty chainline

I can't see this catching on for those 2 reasons, and the fact that to somehow fit a 12mm axle in there, you would be voiding warranty.

Actully the chain line would remain th esame, the hub would still be spaced the same on the chain side.

And adding the 15 mm to the brake side would remove the dish that is always present in a 135 mm hub/wheel (the drive side spokes are always shorter and at a steeper angle).

For example, we used 135 mm Hadley hubs in 150 mm bikes, and got 1) equal flange to dropout distance, 2) equal spoke length, 3) equal spoke angle, 4) equal spoke tension, resulting in a dishless wheel.

As for the warrenty, the hole thru the standard CK axle is way bigger than 12 mm, so it would not be weaker because of the mod, and the fact that it had a 12 mm axle thru it would make it many times stronger than stock (compared to a skewer). And, as I mentioned above, we would warrenty the axle.

[Straw]

On a similar but different note...

I remember when discs were first coming out, and Break Therapy was advertising a kit enabling you to run discs on your brake-post mounted frame. I thought this was a silly idea and nobody would be interested.

I was way wrong. Looks like that idea turned into the staple we now know as a floating brake...

I remember the ads too..."Bring your frame back from the dead!" and there was a pic of a bike being pulled out of a grave I think. And some wierd cartoonish graphics.

Anyway, hope this King kit works for everyone. I can't afford a King hub, so I don't think I'll ever use it. But it's nice to know it's there.

[TheGiggler]

Originally posted by shock
We would do a package deal with the thru axle converion, note that we are not selling cK hubs, just the axle conversion.

Give me a call at 765 528-2138 or email braketherapy@therapycomponents.cm

ok, i'll contact you guys.

but i think other people on the board might be curious on the pricing as well...

[thewwkayaker]

Is the axle steel or alum.?

With just the 10mm axle you would be able to run the saint rear derailer. Anyone know if the average frame that normally ran a 135mm spaced 9mm axle would support a 135mm spaced 10mm axle?