You are reading a single comment by @gbj_tester and its replies.
Click here to read the full conversation.
-
Do DT Competition spokes come with brass nipples?
If you buy them in boxes, they come without nipples, so you have your choice of nips to order separately. I like the
DTSapim Hex ones, very easy to work on as you can tension everything from outside the rim rather than using a fiddly spoke key. If you don't already have the hex driver, you might as well get the Squorx nipples and accompanying driver as Torx is a technically superior drive interface.
gbj_tester
Cranky
I'm soon going to be building up 18 identical wheelsets for a race team.
Record hubs (32h) to DT440s. Spokes have been ordered, all sorted, I think they're DT Competition.
I've built probably 70-80 wheels before for individual builds/projects, but could certainly use some advice on getting these all built in an orderly, professional way. Any specific methods for batch builds?
They will be used for training and ridden hard, 20+ hours per week in all conditions. There will also be crashes. We've had trouble servicing wheels out here (Eastern Africa) because of seized/proprietary nipples. How can I make these wheels bombproof? Do DT Competition spokes come with brass nipples? Which grease/oil/compound/threadlocker?