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<p>Tombenson: Created page with &quot;== External Links == * Wikipedia&quot;</p> <hr /> <div>== External Links ==<br /> * [[wikipedia:Shifter (bicycle part)|Wikipedia]]</div>

Tombenson https://bikecollectives.org/wiki/index.php?title=Spoke_Nipples&diff=12200 2011-08-09T20:04:52Z

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Tombenson https://bikecollectives.org/wiki/index.php?title=Spoke_Nipples&diff=12197 2011-08-09T19:57:11Z

<p>Tombenson: Created page with &quot;'''Nipple''' File:http://www.bikecollectives.org/wiki/images/6/65/Download.jpg The nut that secures the end of a spoke to the rim of a bicycle wheel. Nipples have a normal r...&quot;</p> <hr /> <div>'''Nipple'''<br /> [[File:http://www.bikecollectives.org/wiki/images/6/65/Download.jpg]]<br /> <br /> The nut that secures the end of a spoke to the rim of a bicycle wheel.<br /> Nipples have a normal right-hand thread, but because they are normally seen from the &quot;bolt&quot; side, it is often confusing which way to turn them.<br /> It is as if you were watching the hands of a clock move clockwise, but the clock was transparent, and you were looking from behind it.<br /> <br /> Of all the things bicycle mechanics do, adjusting spoke nipples is the one that requires the most skill and experience.<br /> <br /> <br /> Nipple weights<br /> <br /> <br /> Brand Gauge/Diameter Material Weight Comments<br /> <br /> Hi-E 15/1.8 aluminum 0.235 requires special socket wrench<br /> Wheelsmith 14/2.0 aluminum 0.344<br /> DT 15/1.8 brass 0.850 old-style disc-shaped<br /> DT 14/2.0 brass 1.000 new-style trumpet-shape<br /> Wheelsmith 14/2.0 brass 1.063<br /> DT 15/1.8 brass 1.100 new-style trumpet-shape<br /> DT 14/2.0 brass 1.140 old-style disc-shaped<br /> Fiber Flight 14/2.0 plastic 7g/36 (claimed weight)</div>

Tombenson https://bikecollectives.org/wiki/index.php?title=File:Spoke-nipple.jpg&diff=12196 2011-08-09T19:55:22Z

<p>Tombenson: Photo of Spoke nipple.</p> <hr /> <div>Photo of Spoke nipple.</div>

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