One month ago my brother-in-law stopped partway up the climb when he noticed his front Maxle wasn't done up. He stopped to close it (not forcefully - I saw it) and it snapped off in his hand. This was the second or third snapped axle in the nsmb circle of fam&friends in the past year. On the one hand, he only knew it wasn't done up because the lever was a clear indicator. On the other, that snapped Maxle was the end of his ride. Replacement cost: $80\. The kicker: no one even had one in stock.
Jan. 17, 2018, 12:30 p.m. - Pete Roggeman
One month ago my brother-in-law stopped partway up the climb when he noticed his front Maxle wasn't done up. He stopped to close it (not forcefully - I saw it) and it snapped off in his hand. This was the second or third snapped axle in the nsmb circle of fam&friends in the past year. On the one hand, he only knew it wasn't done up because the lever was a clear indicator. On the other, that snapped Maxle was the end of his ride. Replacement cost: $80\. The kicker: no one even had one in stock.