Hope Pro2 12mm bolt through

Hello,

Whatever you do, don't go near Hope Pro2 12mm bolt through hubs with Maxle, I've snapped 2 rear axles, did 2 spins, bang, rear axle gone, bought another axle, fitted it, 2 spins, bang, gone again.

I went on the interweb, apparently this is a widespread problem, axles snapping all over the kip, I've been on to Hope this evening, just waiting for a response.

I'm looking into having an axle turned from stainless steel or something more suitable.

There just isn't enough wall thickness in the axle, it's a 12mm hole through a 15mm axle, that only leaves 1.5mm of wall thickness to support my large self.

But it's not just me, the skinny feckers are breaking them as well.

How come the 150mm wide aren't breaking, could it be the solid bolt through as apposed to the machined maxle lite.

What are the 12mm axles in the Nuke Proof hubs made from, somebody go and find out.
Well, Hope customer service is amazing, sent the email last night, response this morning, sned the broken one back, new one on the way.

Still doesn't solve the problem

Anyone know where you can get old maxle axles, not maxle lite.
I'd go for a solid bolt through axle if I were (the size of) you Colin...

Have a look on the Orange website.. they have solid bolt through axles in different sizes.. scroll down to the bottom..

http://www.orangebikes.co.uk/components/

or this

Looks like it works on a Giant Reign according to the reviews..

http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/M...?ModelID=26370

or maybe this

http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/M...?ModelID=20500

or this

http://www.oneal.com/catalog/product...roducts_id=619

or

If your stuck you could do a McGuyver job with an M12 threaded rod cut to size, some nuts and washers..?
Fair play lads

Yeah Mac, I'm thinking of an M12 x 150 socket head cap screw, let it run through the threaded side and whack a nut it.

The only problem I can see is if it goes again and the bolt bends then I'm in all kinds of ****.
That last one won't do it - the Momentum axle - it adapts 135x12mm wheels to fit standard dropouts - I have one myself.