When I was really practicing lots of Freestyle, there was a period where
I was going through a Suzue hub every six months or so. Just from
hopping and similar tricks on flat ground. The Suzues may have improved
since then. At the time, I switched to a Sem axle (I believe they have
changed since then as well). I'm pretty sure my original Sem axle is
still on there. The early Semcycle Deluxe axles were as good as it got
for unicycle axles at the time.
Due to the nature of its design, a square-taper axle is probably going
to die eventually if you do lots of Trials or other forms of hopping on
it. Also cranking it with 170s will probably stress it pretty hard just
from rolling rough terrain and steep hills.
All other things being equal, how long it lasts is mostly a matter of
riding technique. Some of us are pounders, while others ride pretty
smooth. All that said, a square taper axle is so much cheaper than a
splined setup, if you don't mind doing rebuilds, you can go through
several square taper axles before equalling the cost of a single splined
setup.
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