design
Our revolutionary design is a true quick release, thru-axle mounting system. It is fast, secure and intuitive, and can be used on both front and rear wheels of any bicycle.
CAD files from the early days of sweating the details:
CAD files from the early days of sweating the details:
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Axle assembly showing a bayonet-style fitting option.
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Axle assembly showing a threaded fitting option.
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prototyping and protection
Prototyping, lab testing, refinement and more prototyping. Eighteen months of intense development concluded in international and national patents covering many aspects of what is now the de facto standard for mounting wheels to mountain bikes (and increasingly road bikes too).
Our UK patent covers most threaded and bayonet-style thru-axle systems.
Our UK patent covers most threaded and bayonet-style thru-axle systems.
testing
We trail-tested many prototypes. Trail-testing is the only way to know a design works. We subjected our prototypes to many hours of riding in the snow, dust, rain, ice, grit, mud, cold and dark – and on jumps, drops, rocks and roots.