Posts by Katy
How to Fat Bike in the Snow with Kiddos
Singletracks.com March 27, 2015 One forward-thinking company, called the Robert Axle Project, has starting designing specific axles with adapters for common carriers. After going to their website, you simply print out a sheet and match your existing thru axle to their template to find the correct length and thread pitch, choose your carrier manufacturer, and…
Read MoreIn Case You Didn’t See It – A Blazing Lap Around the Red Carpet
Pink Bike – Interbike 2014 September 2014 The Robert Axle Project addresses many issues that arose after the industry converted to through-axle rear hubs. He makes an axle to fit just about every axle-mount trailer and rack system made. Another great resource for diggers. Read more…
Read MoreThe Robert Axle Solves 142×12 MTB Trailer Woes
Bike Rumor May 2014 For adventures or those with kids, having the ability to tow a trailer behind their bicycle is essential. Unfortunately for those riders, they’ve been cornered out of the new bike market, because the current 142×12 standard is incompatible with virtually all of the trailers on the market. Luckily, the aftermarket has…
Read MoreRobert Axle Project Marries Trailers to Thru Axles
Singletrack Magazine May 2014 As spring turns to summer and our thoughts turn toward adventure, many of us with newer frames are realising that we no longer have the ability to hitch trailers to our rides.The Robert Axle Project has heard our collective palm-to-forehead slaps and decided to come to the rescue. With a name…
Read MoreRobert Axle Adapts Thru-Axles to Trailers and Trainers
Bike Radar March 2014 Until now, parents and gear-haulers who regularly use Chariot, B.O.B., or Burley trailers have been limited to doing so on bikes equipped with quick-release wheels. That all changes with the advent of the Robert Axle, which enables all of those – and more – to work on bikes with 142x12mm rear ends.…
Read MoreThree Day Ochoco Bike Tour
We’ve been making and shipping a lot of axles, so we haven’t had much time off to get out in the woods and enjoy our own bikes. But every year we try to carve out the three-day Memorial Day weekend as our annual “Motor-Free Memorial Day” and get out for some bike touring and camping…
Read MoreTrailer Compatible Through-Axle
As seen in the July 1, 2014 issue of Bicycle Retailer and Industry News: BEND, OR – You may be proud of your new mountain bike purchase and its stout through-axle design, but say goodbye to trailers and trainers. That is until you purchase Robert Axle, an aftermarket 12-millimeter trailer-compatible through-axle that allows trailer hitches…
Read MoreWhat About BOB Trailers?
The Robert Axle Project takes a product testing tour in Central Oregon with BOB Trailers We are lucky enough to live Bend, Oregon, a place that has literally hundreds of miles of single track and dirt roads, right in our own backyard. So we decided to reinstate our annual “Motor Free Memorial Day Weekend”, by…
Read MoreRobert Axle on Bike Rumor
We were pleased to wake up this morning to find Robert Axle on Bike Rumor! “For adventures or those with kids, having the ability to tow a trailer behind their bicycle is essential. Unfortunately for those riders, they’ve been cornered out of the new bike market, because the current 142×12 standard is incompatible with…
Read MoreBike Touring with a BOB Trailer: Better Your BOB Ride
Check out these tips to maximize your BOB experience: Bike touring with a BOB Trailer is something to carefully consider, and while we are big BOB fans, there are pros and cons as shown in our last blog post. If you choose to go the BOB route, there are a few things you can do…
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