Originally Posted by
furballi
The nipple may fail due to corrosion, undesized wall thickness and/or inferior metallurlogy.... .
Have it your way. I don't care. But arguing about the specific cause, doesn't change the simple fact that nipple failure happens when spoke are too short.
I said in my first response that I wasn't trying to convince you, just posting what I knew. This is a forum, you post your opinion, others post theirs and readers can choose what to believe.
As far as I'm concerned this thread has achieved dead horse status. But anyone interested can find more
here. Plenty of links to work your way through. Happy hunting.