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aluminum nipples
skateparkrider:
^^^ My comment was merely for satire. Torque and rotational weight aren't really things that have dick to do with one another.
But, since everybody got their panties in a bunch about rotational weight, I will say that I can 100% feel a difference on my bikes. Even switching tires from a 2.1 to a 2.35 is something that is pretty easy to feel the difference on. Hell- my wife isn't even an avid BMX rider, but she could tell the difference of rotational weight on her light weight wheel set I built for her. I sort of tried to build her bike up as light as I could since she doesn't have the upper body strength of most BMXers. She ended up riding my bike one day that had heavier wheels and enjoyed it a lot more. She said that she liked the way the heavier wheels were less squirrelly and that the heavier rotational weight was easier to control. Makes sense.
redface:
--- Quote from: Fed_Tom on December 28, 2014, 06:17:04 AM ---Gsport nips not being able to round off is the best thing that's happened to wheelbuilding since Empire Tom
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oh hell yeah!
got bike?:
--- Quote from: skateparkrider on December 24, 2014, 08:44:52 AM ---
If you CBA to buy these nipples because you are afraid you will lose the tool, my suggestion is to stop being a tool and keep track of your shit. Just a thought....
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Are you trying to look smart or funny using that "tool" word in different meanings? because it's not, it's actually pathetic if you ask me. Here's something funny!
--- Quote from: skateparkrider on December 24, 2014, 08:52:34 AM ---as tight as I could with my fingers
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If standard nipples had a tool that surround them and had comfortable grab, they also can be tighten that much. The tool is the key, not the nipples.
Sasper:
all this talk about a product that is not available anywhere in europe/ uk?
Stoked:
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