On Mon, 16 May 2011 08:23:52 -0400, in rec.bicycles.tech Peter Cole
wrote:

I really dislike solid axles, particularly on fixers. I'd simply swap
out the axle for a hollow one with a skewer, makes life much simpler.

Well, yeah... but why do something the easy way when, with a little
imagination, you can make it *much* more difficult?