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rob.northcott wrote:
> One of the nipple heads sheared off after less than 20 miles, but I
> think that was just a bad nipple as I've had no problems since I
> replaced it.
>
> Rob
Or it could be too short a spoke length. The spokes need to be long
enough to thread up through the body of the nipple (the thin part) and
up into the head (thick part) or else the nipples will fail at the
junction between the head and body.
Pull the tire and rim tape and look at a few. Ideally, the spokes
should come up through the nipple and stop flush with the bottom of the
screwdriver slot in the head of the nipple. A millimeter or so either
way of that shouldn't be a problem.
Ken
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> One of the nipple heads sheared off after less than 20 miles, but I
> think that was just a bad nipple as I've had no problems since I
> replaced it.
>
> Rob
Or it could be too short a spoke length. The spokes need to be long
enough to thread up through the body of the nipple (the thin part) and
up into the head (thick part) or else the nipples will fail at the
junction between the head and body.
Pull the tire and rim tape and look at a few. Ideally, the spokes
should come up through the nipple and stop flush with the bottom of the
screwdriver slot in the head of the nipple. A millimeter or so either
way of that shouldn't be a problem.
Ken
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