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aluminum nipples
Bunky:
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tecnic1:
Just say no.
I did aluminum nipples once. It's just not worth it. I'm fully convinced that no combination of care, tooling and antisieze will prevent you from rounding them off if you care that your wheel is semi-true and are the least bit un-smooth. It was worse than being married to a ginger. Either one could ruin your day at a moments notice.
The g-sport nipples are most likely tons better, but you're still going to end up galling a few of them eventually to save like two ounces while you're possibly running 27 ounce tires.
If you're already on Kevlar bead tires, some stupid light rims, .8mm thick tubes and titanium spokes, cool. have fun. Otherwise there are less painful ways to save rotational weight.
acm:
In all honesty I've had less issues with rounding/breaking using g-sport nipples than any other type of nipple, brass included.
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--- Quote from: Bunky on December 22, 2014, 04:04:42 PM ---Step 1: Collect Underpants
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Hahaha, santa's factory.
Back to the spokes and nipples. i had some alloy nipples in the past but they seem to crack even if the spokes were the right lenght. Because they had thin walls. I guess gsport can avoid that cracking problem as they are hexagonal shape that make them have thicker walls than standard square shape.
I guess the spoke not reaching the top of nipple wont be a problem if they only need 2 or 3 millimeters to reach the top.
Bunky:
For the official record
G-Sport nipples are one of the greatest inventions in bmx.
I have never rounded one off or broken one. I've got them on probably 5-6 different wheels now, and they are all awesome.
I've probably rounded off or broken over a hundred brass nipples in my life.
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