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Title: 14mm axle question
Post by: maddo on May 30, 2009, 03:55:49 PM: Do 14mm axles only fit certain frames?
Title: Re: 14mm axle question
Post by: tafkat on May 30, 2009, 03:59:07 PM: anything fits with a big enough hammer.

but, seriously, you need 14mm dropouts to run 14mm axles, so yes.
Title: Re: 14mm axle question
Post by: maddo on May 30, 2009, 04:27:35 PM: Quote from: tafkat on May 30, 2009, 03:59:07 PM
anything fits with a big enough hammer.

but, seriously, you need 14mm dropouts to run 14mm axles, so yes.

So how common are 14mm dropouts on frames? Are they the norm? Do new frames come in both options? When were 14mm dropouts introduced?
Title: Re: 14mm axle question
Post by: mid_night gypsy on May 30, 2009, 06:19:56 PM: Today most frames come in the 10 mm version. This allows the buyer to go either way on the drop-out choice. You can file, grind or take your frame to a machine shop to make the 10mm drop-outs to a 14mm drop-outs....Hope this helps....Russ
Title: Re: 14mm axle question
Post by: diesel1ne on May 30, 2009, 06:23:55 PM: actualy most common on flatland frames are 3/8 dropouts or 10mm. 14mm is on some olderschool frames liek the strowler, but quamens have them to, but when you go to your local bmx shop, they will all probly be 14mm for the complete bmxes
Title: Re: 14mm axle question
Post by: tafkat on May 30, 2009, 06:25:52 PM: ... but you have to file them out top and bottom (2mm for each) or else you're compromising strength and geometry.

Quamen frames have 14mm dropouts, and I think some of the Japanese-made frames have them as well. 14mm is the standard for street stuff because people got tired of breaking axles. You just have to look through the different frames on the market and see which ones have 14mm listed. I have no clue when they were actually introduced, but it had to have been sometime between 1998 and 2003.
Title: Re: 14mm axle question
Post by: out~riding on May 30, 2009, 09:48:08 PM: I believe Haro started to use 14mm axles stock on front and rear in 1996, after that it became the standard. On most flatland frames 14mm never really made it because the only real freecoaster available was Nankai 10mm...
Nowadays its hard to find 14mm flatland frames and forks but some companies are sticking with 14mm: Quamen, Hoffman Strowler, Magicfruits Exploit, Ares, Felt Dreamcatcher, Fly Tierra, Macneil Collier, S&M LAF, Dragonfly ... and more I can't remember.
Title: Re: 14mm axle question
Post by: automaton on May 31, 2009, 08:02:10 AM: Use slotted 14mm axles and then your wheels work in ANY frame. If anyone even still makes slotted 14mm axles.