Help understanding front hub systems

[Obiwan007]

Hope someone can straighten me out. I am trying to go to a dual crown fork on my "Electric Jeepster" build. Problem is, I started out not really knowing what I was doing and had my monster rims and tires laced into the original hub which is a Shimano HB-M525 it has a smallish axel and a skewered quick release arrangement. At this point I don't really want to think about re-lacing a new hub into this wheel. So the question is...what should I be looking for in a fork? There appears to be a dizzying array: QR, through axel, 20mm, more. Can anyone help? Thanx

 

[MadRhino]

Unless you search the antiques, all DH forks will be 20mm tru-axle.
I would lace the wheel on a DH hub.

 

[Drunkskunk]

Marzocchi Bomber Jr. T is the only DH fork worth using that uses a conventional or QR hub, that i can think of. It wouldn't be considered DH equipment by modern standards, but it was back in the day. I have one on my Kona, and its one hell of a beast of a fork.

 

[chisixer6]

most of my front wheel builds was with a Shimano m525 hub, loved them, cheap and was readily available from chain reaction cycle, last few times they were out of these hubs, so I had to go elsewhere. My wheels were for flat terrain like Chicago Streets.