PRO-TIP: Check those thru-axles!

[Robert Holler]

Pro tip - if you are having some shifting or brake rub, particularly on the front drive wheel, before making a bunch of DR adjustment or turning a single screw - check to make sure your thru-axle is tight!

Over time the drive wheel on a through axle bike can loosen a bit, and that will separate the stay and fork just a hair, causing the fork to loosen its grip a bit. This allows the wheel to then float a bit on the through axle, (and therefore creating some odd gaps between the DR attached to the stay/hanger and the cassette on the wheel) and even just a small bit can cause indexing issues and ghost shifting.

This is not a Cruzbike problem only - thru-axle MTBs and other thru-axle bikes are suspect to this.

I recommend just reaching down to check those axles every other ride or so - it is a good habit to get into the safety and just overall road-check before a ride.



Robert

 

[Boreen bimbler]

Good tip.
Being a bit lazy I don't check too often and usually wait for the gears to tell me. As soon as they seem to shift slightly not perfect I check the axle.
I did have my hanger come loose a few times early on. Due to putting anti sieze grease on the small bolt threads as I didn't want such a small bolt getting stuck. I removed the grease and it's been fine since. I actually checked both the day before yesterday because the gears had a very slight clunkiness and the axle was not quite as tight as it should be.