Originally Posted by
steelbikeguy
If your broken nipple was on the drive side, I'd probably start with just replacing that side with brass nipples. They get more tension and are more highly stressed.
A more pragmatic person might just decide to replace all of the alloy nipples as long as the wheel is getting re-tensioned and re-trued... but where's the adventure of that??
Steve in Peoria
Yup, broke on the drive side. I never thought about just replacing the drive side with brass. Half the work and I already have 1/16th done. This might be my first course of action.