12mm and 15mm MAXLE thru-axle holder

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**Update:** I now have a road bike with a 12mm thru-axle, and so redesigned the part from scratch in Fusion360 (F3D file included) to handle both 12mm and 15mm axles. **Update:** Well, a 15mm MAXLE is one thing but when the RockShox needed service and I swapped on a spare Fox fork, I went from the bolt-in MAXLE to the quick release Fox axle - and due to the larger diameter, it pushed against the plastic bin I'd mounted the holder, and with cold weather, wound up popping off. This is a redesign which will help address both of those issues - it's now compatible with quick release thru-axles as well as having the ability to drill a hole and mount an M5 bolt, such as those you'd find on a water bottle cage or the T25 torx bolts used to attach a brake disc rotor. My bike has a 15mm thru-axle that has to come out whenever I put the bike in the car. Originally I'd put the axle back in the fork, but then I'd need to pull it again to put the wheel in. Then I started just leaving it on the floor, but it would get dirty and could roll around. To solve the problem, I created this simple little thing which I attached to a bin (holding spare shoes/helmets/clothes/etc) in the back of the car using double-sided tape. It is a loose fit so the axle snaps in easily, but it holds it well enough that it doesn't fall out. When I take it out of the bike, I pop it into the holder, and it stays there until I'm ready to put the wheel back in. If you're curious about the 6mm hex wrench that I use with the axle, it's held in place with a magnet salvaged from a hard drive that's taped to the inside of the bin. The gaffer's tape on the hex wrench keep it from going in too far so it won't hit the fork when I turn it.