AndrewG Posted December 20, 2010 Report Share Posted December 20, 2010 So I need your help guys which spoke nipples of this are stronger ? V!Z alloy 14mm niples or Sapim Polyax 14mm. I´m asking because I´ve got shitty Al nipples on my whees and is very easy to crack them. But one time if I crack one of them I lend few nipples from my friend and those nipples is really strong and stiff so it´s really hard to crack them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eskimo Posted December 20, 2010 Report Share Posted December 20, 2010 (edited) The Sapim ones i used before were 12mm and weren't so great, they didn't seem to 'give' whatsoever and just snapped without warning. The Viz ones are pretty good, generic enough, but work well. Just make sure you lube up the nipple and use a decent spoke key. I have plenty of unused nipples if you need any? I have Sapim 12mm, not sure how many, and about 500 new 14mm stainless brass nipples, all new also. Any one else need some then just PM me. £2 posted for like a 100. Oh and if you want to spend loads of money on supposedly the best nipples, then Gsport do some. I think DT also do a hexangle style nipple also. [edit] Slovakia... maybe a tad more than £2 posted btw. Edited December 20, 2010 by eskimo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Vandart Posted December 20, 2010 Report Share Posted December 20, 2010 I believe I have the figures for the failure force of different nipples somewhere, if I can I will dig them out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamR28 Posted December 20, 2010 Report Share Posted December 20, 2010 The Sapim Polyax ones are brass, much stronger than all alloy nipples. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndrewG Posted December 20, 2010 Author Report Share Posted December 20, 2010 (edited) The Sapim ones i used before were 12mm and weren't so great, they didn't seem to 'give' whatsoever and just snapped without warning. The Viz ones are pretty good, generic enough, but work well. Just make sure you lube up the nipple and use a decent spoke key. I have plenty of unused nipples if you need any? I have Sapim 12mm, not sure how many, and about 500 new 14mm stainless brass nipples, all new also. Any one else need some then just PM me. £2 posted for like a 100. Oh and if you want to spend loads of money on supposedly the best nipples, then Gsport do some. I think DT also do a hexangle style nipple also. [edit] Slovakia... maybe a tad more than £2 posted btw. thanks for your opinion and thanks for your offer but I going to buy few things from tarty so I will buy them here. The Sapim Polyax ones are brass, much stronger than all alloy nipples. ok Adam so it´s better to buy some polyax than V!Z right ? BTW I was made a picture of the niples about which I´m talking in first post. so on left side is my shitty (12mm) Al nipple and on right side is that good one ( 16mm Al I think it´s from camel) and as I looking for that nipple it´s completely same as V!Z ... So i think V!Z will certainly better than those which I have now... Thanks for your reply Edited December 20, 2010 by AndrewG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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