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Old 10-09-11, 03:19 PM
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Originally Posted by Waves77
Awesome, thanks. Do you ever use the newer 16mm for DeepV rims?
Unless the customer requests it...nope.

Be default I use 12mm nipples on just about everything - adjust to 14mm when it's called for.

Not a bad idea to use 16mm for Mavic 819 Disc though...

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