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Originally Posted by timcupery
You're right that ignorance doesn't stop flaming, but I guess it's got to be a subject that people have some knowledge of, or at least feel some investment in. My guess is that most people look at "washers between spoke nipple and rim bed" and get a big "whatever" in their head, as it's such a scarce topic.

Glad to hear that I can go ahead and build the wheels up without washers. It's a bit cleaner that way.
Do you agree with Dan that there's no tested-engineering benefit to nipple washers?


Incidentally, Jobst Brandt does refer to "rims that use washers" on page 54 of The Bicycle Wheel. He presumes that rims without eyelets will use washers in the wheelbuild, as a default course of action, to spread out the forces but also to prevent the spoke nipple from galling the aluminum rim.
Let's be clear. I did not say there are no engineering data on this, I merely said my opinion was not based on any. I'm sure there are volumes of it somewhere.
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