Timeline for How to avoid damaging spoke nipples when wheel building
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| Nov 12, 2020 at 14:27 | comment | added | Carel | @stijn: There are even special screwdrivers for placing nipples and screwing on nipples at the beginning moments of wheel building. | |
| Nov 12, 2020 at 3:00 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackBicycles/status/1326721514188771328 | ||
| Nov 11, 2020 at 19:09 | comment | added | stijn | Apart from quality spoke wrench and grease, here's another tip: I use spokes which are 1-2mm shorter than usual (i.e. what I seem to get out of most spoke calculators) and nipple with a flat screw head at the top (very common), so that even once the wheel is about up to full tension, the spokes do not stick out of the nipple screw head at so it's still possible to use a (rather thick) flat screwdriver to turn the nipples for trueing. Idea is to leave the nipples as pristine as possible, and the screwdriver is quicker as well. Haven't noticed any adverse effects yet. | |
| Nov 11, 2020 at 19:07 | answer | added | Kaz | timeline score: 1 | |
| Nov 11, 2020 at 18:51 | history | became hot network question | |||
| Nov 11, 2020 at 16:19 | comment | added | Carel | Take care that the wrench is of the correct size and regularly replaced since the contact surfaces are tiny which accelerates wear. | |
| Nov 11, 2020 at 14:01 | comment | added | 52d6c6af | I think that was my problem. I wish I had known about this beforehand! | |
| Nov 11, 2020 at 13:02 | comment | added | Daniel R Hicks | It can be a challenge. But as JoeK suggests, using a high quality spoke wrench, of the proper size, is very important. Don't use one of the circular multi-size wrenches if you can avoid it. | |
| Nov 11, 2020 at 12:31 | vote | accept | 52d6c6af | ||
| Nov 11, 2020 at 12:27 | answer | added | Noise | timeline score: 8 | |
| Nov 11, 2020 at 10:52 | history | edited | 52d6c6af | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Nov 11, 2020 at 10:46 | history | asked | 52d6c6af | CC BY-SA 4.0 |