You are reading a single comment by @thecycleclinic and its replies.
Click here to read the full conversation.
London Fixed Gear and Single-Speed is a community of predominantly fixed gear and single-speed cyclists in and around London, UK.
This site is supported almost exclusively by donations. Please consider donating a small amount regularly.
@thecycleclinic
coppaslip with alloy nipples works fine. However if the wheel never needs truing then a pottenially seized nipples are not really a problem. It does actually take a long time for sapim alloy nipples to seize. I have had to give up trying to try many a wheel with brass nipples due then being seized. Brass nipples are therefore not much better in the long run but they are cheaper. This is not a plug for alloy nipples as I mostly use brass but all my personal wheels have alloy nipples. Do I ever need to true them no I don't so I really don't care if they are seized or not.