Nipple Length
12-04-07 | 11:39 AM
#4
antisocialite
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normal is fine, the seat is at the bottom of the v. it's a bit of a trick getting them in there, and you'll probably lose one or two in the rim which you can either shake out or leave in for fun sound effects. i use a toothpick to guide it in. a spoke also works.
12-04-07 | 12:24 PM
#5
Longer in the cold
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This is Africa, 1943. War spits out its violence overhead and the sandy graveyard swallows it up. Her name is King Nine, B-25, medium bomber, Twelfth Air Force. On a hot, still morning she took off from Tunisia to bomb the southern tip of Italy. An errant piece of flak tore a hole in a wing tank and, like a wounded bird, this is where she landed, not to return on this day, or any other day.
This is Africa, 1943. War spits out its violence overhead and the sandy graveyard swallows it up. Her name is King Nine, B-25, medium bomber, Twelfth Air Force. On a hot, still morning she took off from Tunisia to bomb the southern tip of Italy. An errant piece of flak tore a hole in a wing tank and, like a wounded bird, this is where she landed, not to return on this day, or any other day.
12-04-07 | 02:10 PM
#6
crotchety young dude
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Bikes: IRO Angus; Casati Gold Line; Redline 925; '72 Schwinn Olympic Paramount
14mm.
Seriously. No joke.
Seriously. No joke.
Last edited by el twe; 12-04-07 at 02:33 PM.
12-04-07 | 03:36 PM
#9
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I don't quite get it... what's the purpose for longer nipples? My experience is that they do not seem to have more threads.
And, with deep rims you'll just have to use an old (or new) spoke to put them nipples in from ouside of the rim. Still have to do this with longer ones.
And, with deep rims you'll just have to use an old (or new) spoke to put them nipples in from ouside of the rim. Still have to do this with longer ones.
12-04-07 | 03:54 PM
#10
crotchety young dude
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Bikes: IRO Angus; Casati Gold Line; Redline 925; '72 Schwinn Olympic Paramount
With standard nipples and deep rims you often have only the very end of the nipple exposed, making it prone to rounding off while truing it.
12-05-07 | 07:07 AM
#12
jack of one or two trades
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That is a very illuminating photo Soil Sampler, thanks. I like the longer nipples more already.
