I was all set to convert my rear MTB hubs/dropouts over from TA 10x135 to 12x142, had all the parts lined up and envisioned the 12x142 being put out to pasture with a gravel type frame at some future date.
Then I saw that Cannondale had released an amazing new concept they called "speed release" where the axle remains in the hub and you just undo it a bit and slide it out of their proprietary dropouts to remove the wheel from the frame.
I had images in my head of the times I've been on the side of some dank and muddy spot being eaten alive by Mosquitos trying to fix a flat, in the future with a 12mm axle in my teeth to keep it getting covered with crud. I thought about it a bit and stuck with TA10.
Aug. 26, 2021, 11 p.m. - dave_f
I was all set to convert my rear MTB hubs/dropouts over from TA 10x135 to 12x142, had all the parts lined up and envisioned the 12x142 being put out to pasture with a gravel type frame at some future date. Then I saw that Cannondale had released an amazing new concept they called "speed release" where the axle remains in the hub and you just undo it a bit and slide it out of their proprietary dropouts to remove the wheel from the frame. I had images in my head of the times I've been on the side of some dank and muddy spot being eaten alive by Mosquitos trying to fix a flat, in the future with a 12mm axle in my teeth to keep it getting covered with crud. I thought about it a bit and stuck with TA10.