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I am sure @cycleclinic will able to advise but if longer nipples did not help with spokes a bit too short, what would be the point for them?
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if longer nipples did not help with spokes a bit too short, what would be the point for them?
To get the driving flats accessible on rims where the distance from the spoke bed to the rim inner diameter is larger than usual. Used to be an issue on V-shaped cross section aero rims such as CXP33 for example - if you use 12mm nipples, you can't get enough purchase with the spoke key before is clashes with the rim
The FORE-drilled UST rims need 14mm nipples for the same reason
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Sapim nipples have the same thread location across all the sizes 12,14 and 16mm
Dt swiss nipples will effectively "give" you 1mm extra thread on spokes on 14mm and 2mm of thread on 16mm
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with sapim longer nipples dont help. with DT swiss the answer is yes with ACI I dont know.
gbj_tester
broken_777
cycleclinic
Doesn't it depend on the threading though? I've read in a few places that longer nipples don't solve the problem of spokes that are too short