Originally Posted by
Lombard
I never heard of steel nipples. That must be from decades back.
One flaw in the old smoker analogy is that with living beings, you have to factor in genetics.
You obviously don't work on Box Store bikes.. Nearly ALL of them use steel nipples... Low Grade steel nipples... that love to collapse when twisted to their limits.... sigh.
PS, they're easy to sort out from the brass ones... a magnet works great.
and most low gradeGalvanized spokes are attached with steel nipples
hmmm, great name for a Death Metal band.... The Steel Nipples
I went with Poster Child, or the Speaker Busters, back in the Day.....My Stage amp was a custom built Kustom 400, specially made for Earth Wind and Fire, in Metal Flake White tuck and roll... it could, quite literally, Break windows...... and yes, my ears are still ringing... all day, every day.