Big nipples vs small nipples

[Bobbo_SA]

Trust JB to have a photo of the Cross sections of the most common nipples.

[Johan Bornman]

JB, did you actually go and grind those nipples quickly and take the shot and transfer it to your computer and edit it and post it? That's dedication.

 

Unless you have shots of ground nipples just lying around, in which case it's just weird.

 

I might incriminate myself here but I take photos of all sorts of weird cross-sections, failed rims etc etc. I use them in my courses to show people. Unless you've cross-sectioned a nipple, people don't understand the concept of thread engagement and blank bore. It is bloody difficult to cross-section a nipple. I did that with a tiny cut-off wheel on my Dremel.

[D Vader]

Ja, love nipples.

Not too small though, else you can't generate enough tension in the lower body.

Edited August 15, 2013 by D Vader

[Bobbo_SA]

Probably earn a couple or warning points by posting that pic too.

[carbon29er]

As JB said, longer only used if the rim requires a longer nipple to be able to tighten.

 

From the wheel building bible:

 

[Guest Latent Blue]

Initially i was

 

Then i was

 

(I like em perky btw )

[Slowbee]

The cold has made me grumpy. Stick to the umm cycling point. Please.

[Hairy]

as long as you them in your hand what is the problem?