63.5tpi ? You're really going to have everyone questioning the French. :) That's 2.5 tp mm, which makes much better sense to this Yank.
Jim Carter "I think the French metric sizing system was correct" in Bham, AL
________________________________ From: "mrrabbit@mrrabbit.net" <mrrabbit@mrrabbit.net> To: Jerome & Elizabeth Moos <jerrymoos@sbcglobal.net> Cc: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org Sent: Wed, November 11, 2009 6:14:47 PM Subject: Re: [CR] Hi-E Nipple AND Spokes??????
Wow!
You may have yourself in quite a bind here...
I'm guessing you might have 63.5 TPI (French) or the TPI common to 120 spokes -
the larger cousing to 105 spokes. Where to get 15g spokes with Hi-E threading...me totally clueless.
Would standard nipples work? Might have to go that route unless someone else here comes to the rescue.
=8-(
(Been ages since I've worked on anything other than 56 TPI)
Robert Shackelford San Jose, CA USA
Quoting Jerome & Elizabeth Moos <jerrymoos@sbcglobal.net>:
> Well, in my continuing Hi-E Project, having destroyed one rim trying to true
> a Hi-E wheel with old corroded spokes, I decided to respoke, but hoped to
> reuse the special Hi-E nipples. The original spokes measure 15 ga on the
> end, so I ordered some 15 ga DTs to rebuild with. But when they arrived
> today, I found I cannot thread the Hi-E nipples more than a couple of turns
> onto the DT 15 ga spokes. Did Hi-E make their own spokes as well as nipples?
> Did they use a non-standard thread?
>
> Regards,
>
> Jerry Moos
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