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12-10-13 | 12:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Narhay

I'm looking to buy new spoke nipples to replace the current oxidized ones on the wheel....

What I take from this is it is almost for sure brass 14g with a length of 12mm and diameter of 2mm.

Before taking it apart note the height of the spoke with respect to the top of the nipple. There may be some variation, so find the higher ones.

Then when you have the new nipples test on a spoke and make sure they'll thread down until the spoke is higher in/over the head by 1-2mm than before (allows for a margin of error).

Of course this assumes that the new rim's ERD is the same as the original, or at close enough to work with.

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