Re: [CR] ISO Hi-E info and parts

(Example: Framebuilding:Tubing)

Date: Tue, 5 May 2009 07:39:11 +0200
From: "M-gineering" <info@m-gineering.nl>
Cc: <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
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Subject: Re: [CR] ISO Hi-E info and parts


Steve Birmingham wrote:
> Which spoke nipples? The fairly normal looking ones or the ones that are
> almost entirely inside the rim?
> 14 or 15 guage?
> I think I have some of each if I can find them. I also have the tool, but
> you're probably better off with a
> good quality nut driver the right size. The tool is just a tube that's been
> forced over a hex to make a socket, then had a rod put through it crosswise.
>
> Steve Birmingham
> Lowell, Massachusetts
> USA

tried building a wheel with the #15 nipples once, but several nipples stripped before final tensioning -- mvg

Marten Gerritsen
Kiel Windeweer
Netherlands