The first thing I did when I got my Pikes was to ditch the QR Maxle and put in a bolt in axle. It looks cleaner and you have less chance of snagging it or it opening by mistake when riding.
As I am running tubeless (like probably 95% of people) if you ever have to take the front wheel off when out riding then it is going to take you a while to install a tube anyway and unbolting your wheel is the least of your worries. If the bike goes in the car its not a biggie to unbolt it either.
On my rigid forks I still have an old style QR albeit without the lever (5mm hex head type bolt thru) and that still works fine.
Jan. 17, 2018, 6:30 a.m. - fartymarty
The first thing I did when I got my Pikes was to ditch the QR Maxle and put in a bolt in axle. It looks cleaner and you have less chance of snagging it or it opening by mistake when riding. As I am running tubeless (like probably 95% of people) if you ever have to take the front wheel off when out riding then it is going to take you a while to install a tube anyway and unbolting your wheel is the least of your worries. If the bike goes in the car its not a biggie to unbolt it either. On my rigid forks I still have an old style QR albeit without the lever (5mm hex head type bolt thru) and that still works fine.