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| '''Nipple'''
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| [[File:http://www.bikecollectives.org/wiki/images/6/65/Download.jpg]] | |
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| The nut that secures the end of a spoke to the rim of a bicycle wheel.
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| Nipples have a normal right-hand thread, but because they are normally seen from the "bolt" side, it is often confusing which way to turn them.
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| 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.
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| Of all the things bicycle mechanics do, adjusting spoke nipples is the one that requires the most skill and experience.
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| Nipple weights
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| Brand Gauge/Diameter Material Weight Comments
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| Hi-E 15/1.8 aluminum 0.235 requires special socket wrench
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| Wheelsmith 14/2.0 aluminum 0.344
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| DT 15/1.8 brass 0.850 old-style disc-shaped
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| DT 14/2.0 brass 1.000 new-style trumpet-shape
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| Wheelsmith 14/2.0 brass 1.063
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| DT 15/1.8 brass 1.100 new-style trumpet-shape
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| DT 14/2.0 brass 1.140 old-style disc-shaped
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| Fiber Flight 14/2.0 plastic 7g/36 (claimed weight)
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Revision as of 20:04, 9 August 2011