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frankenbike
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On a branded brass nipple? Very unlikely.
Besides, on 12mm with a thread fully engaged, the spoke protrudes over the nipple.
On 14mm the spoke sits flush with the nipple end
On 16mm the spokes sits flush with the" mushroom" part of a nipple.As long as the spoke fills that portion, all is well.
With aluminium nips, it would have been an issue. With brass, not really.
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I've had a branded brass nipples break in exactly that spot with spokes that were too short. It did involve a little nudge from the side by the bumper of a car though
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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