If you like to color-coordinate your mountain bike with accent colors, you’ve likely stumbled upon Wolf Tooth Components. From bottom brackets to pedals, grips, headsets, dropper post levers, and more, they add a splash of color to otherwise bland and black components.
The component brand even offers a “Color Shop” option on its website, where shoppers can select components by color. Wolf Tooth also manufactures high-quality components, making it a go-to for many, including those just looking for a black seatpost clamp.
Well, the color coordination goes even further with new floating axles. And while they are currently offering only four colorways, if we know Wolf Tooth, more will follow.
Wolf Tooth Floating Axle
We are likely most familiar with the floating axle on Fox 36 and 38 forks. While there are several floating axle fork designs out there, Wolf Tooth created its new floating axles to thread into these forks.
The idea behind a floating fork is that it allows the fork legs to align precisely before tightening the axle fully. These forks have a cinch bolt at the bottom of the driveside lowers. That bolt remains loose while the floating axle is installed and tightened to spec, allowing the axle to “float” on the driveside. Before tightening the cinch bolt, cycle the suspension a few times to ensure everything is aligned correctly. Then, the cinch bolt is tightened.
Floating axles, ideally, provide a better overall ride by eliminating suspension friction caused by fork binding from poor alignment. And now, thanks to Wolf Tooth, they also might match the color accents of your ride.
Axle Details
Weight: 44g
Material: 7075 T6 aluminum
Color options: Gold, Orange, Ultraviolet Purple, Raw Silver
Diameter: 15 mm
Thread spec: M14x1.5mm
Overall length: 136mm
Hub Spacing: 15x110mm (Boost)
Tool interface: 6 mm hex key
Torque spec: 12-15 Nm
Note that these floating axles are compatible only with Fox 36 and 38 forks released after 2021 (when Fox adopted the floating axle system). That said, they are not compatible with the new Fox 36SL fork because, well, it doesn’t use the floating axle.
See all the details at wolftoothcomponents.com.
