little bmxer boy Posted May 10, 2007 Report Share Posted May 10, 2007 hay just seen my mates new weel and he has colerd nippels and he said he had a real problem bilding the weel becouse the nipples were not gripping. is this true becouse i was thinging about getting blue ones Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Si-man Posted May 10, 2007 Report Share Posted May 10, 2007 Dont bother, get brass ones.Much stronger and less likely to round off when touched. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egg Fried Rice Posted May 10, 2007 Report Share Posted May 10, 2007 I dont see why anodized nipples affect the gripping ( i assume you mean hes rounding off the nipples with the spoke key?). I think he might just have a crap spoke key. the anodizing has no effect on it or its just the quality of the nipple itself is rubbish.JK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gandalf the Yellow Posted May 10, 2007 Report Share Posted May 10, 2007 have fun building the wheel and truing it.steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Si-man Posted May 10, 2007 Report Share Posted May 10, 2007 I dont see why anodized nipples affect the gripping ( i assume you mean hes rounding off the nipples with the spoke key?). I think he might just have a crap spoke key. the anodizing has no effect on it or its just the quality of the nipple itself is rubbish.JKIts because they are aluminium, thats why they round off and strip easy.There is that much tension going through them they just go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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