Fuck old Mavic Cosmic Elites with sized bitch ass nipples. Had to make a custom cutting tool to drill out the old brass nipples without damaging the spoke threads. And then I had to do a couple of new rim inserts to be able rebuild and true the wheel. Fuck rims that require inserts, fuck bladed spokes and fuck not maintaining your shit and then selling it to me as if it's in perfect working condition.
Anyways wheel is rebuilt and can be trued when I am back from vacation in two weeks.
When Mavic were moving their NA headquarters out of Massachusetts I was “gifted” a 3lbs bag of the nipples for CXP30 rims. I think they now live at the bottom of a drawer in my old shop.
Fuck old Mavic Cosmic Elites with sized bitch ass nipples. Had to make a custom cutting tool to drill out the old brass nipples without damaging the spoke threads. And then I had to do a couple of new rim inserts to be able rebuild and true the wheel. Fuck rims that require inserts, fuck bladed spokes and fuck not maintaining your shit and then selling it to me as if it's in perfect working condition.
Anyways wheel is rebuilt and can be trued when I am back from vacation in two weeks.