Ten minute video that shows very detailed graphics of good and bad examples of nipple and spoke engagement in bicycle wheels. It's pretty nerdy and mainly intended for wheel builders.
thank you for the information, I've been building wheels for about 10 yrs as a hobby and by nomeans as a proffesional. I mostly build cruiser and vintage bmx wheels so they are not as technical as race wheels. I am always looking tips and tech info, as they say " you can never stop learning!" my couriosity was boring out the nipple ... I haven't yet!!
It disapoints me that this channel does not have as many subscribers as it deserves. This is great information, presented very well. Thank you for sharing! I am here because I have zero wheel experience but I want to rebuild an old bike (1960s ish) and in order to paint the wheels and clean them, I am thinking of taking then apart and put them back on spoke by spoke. And the rims are single wall, so it does happen, with retro bikes.
@@BillMouldWheels It is not ment as encouragement. I am sure you are brave enough. It is deep apreciation from my side for your great work on youtube which is academic level. There are schools without this level of depth and dedication. You should be a professor! I wish your channel would grow over 1 mil. subscribers so you could afford a team to do even more nice editing and figures and animations to go with your knowledge.
Apart from crunching the nipple thread, are there other negatives from having the spoke protrude too much above the nipple head, like the picture at 7:20? I had a rear wheel built and the drive side spokes protrude about 3 mm from the top of the nipple head.
Thanks Bill. I have some Chinese carbon wheels that seemed ok but have started breaking nipples, bizarrely not when riding. I now believe the spokes are too short and don’t reach right into the body of the nipple, indeed don’t even reach the rim. It doesn’t seem right to me as the strain will be taken by the neck of the aluminium nipple. Thanks for your video.
Great video! 🔩 And thanks a bunch for uploading this on New Years Eve! 🎆 Small question though: at 8:55 you are showing a graph. Is this graph to scale? Thanks and keep on making these informative video's!
As a bicycle mechanic, i like this kind of video.
The greatest explanation of thread engagement for wheel building. Great teaching sir!
thank you for the information, I've been building wheels for about 10 yrs as a hobby and by nomeans as a proffesional. I mostly build cruiser and vintage bmx wheels so they are not as technical as race wheels. I am always looking tips and tech info, as they say " you can never stop learning!" my couriosity was boring out the nipple ... I haven't yet!!
It disapoints me that this channel does not have as many subscribers as it deserves.
This is great information, presented very well. Thank you for sharing!
I am here because I have zero wheel experience but I want to rebuild an old bike (1960s ish) and in order to paint the wheels and clean them, I am thinking of taking then apart and put them back on spoke by spoke. And the rims are single wall, so it does happen, with retro bikes.
Thank you for the encouragement.
@@BillMouldWheels It is not ment as encouragement. I am sure you are brave enough. It is deep apreciation from my side for your great work on youtube which is academic level. There are schools without this level of depth and dedication. You should be a professor!
I wish your channel would grow over 1 mil. subscribers so you could afford a team to do even more nice editing and figures and animations to go with your knowledge.
@@dragostalks7501 Wow, thanks!
Apart from crunching the nipple thread, are there other negatives from having the spoke protrude too much above the nipple head, like the picture at 7:20? I had a rear wheel built and the drive side spokes protrude about 3 mm from the top of the nipple head.
Fantastic tutorial Bill.............so informative, thank you Sir
Blair, thanks for the encouraging comment. Bill
Not disappointed...Great tutorial!...Thanks Bill..
Thanks, Shaun. I appreciate your encouragement!
Wow I truly enjoyed this video!!! Thank you very much!!
Thank you over much
Thanks Bill. I have some Chinese carbon wheels that seemed ok but have started breaking nipples, bizarrely not when riding. I now believe the spokes are too short and don’t reach right into the body of the nipple, indeed don’t even reach the rim. It doesn’t seem right to me as the strain will be taken by the neck of the aluminium nipple. Thanks for your video.
Wonderful tutorial 🙌🙂
Love your work ❤ fudge on the long side. How about double square or squorx?
Justin, the same logic would apply to those nipples, too. Bill
Great video! 🔩 And thanks a bunch for uploading this on New Years Eve! 🎆 Small question though: at 8:55 you are showing a graph. Is this graph to scale? Thanks and keep on making these informative video's!
Charnel, no the figure on the left is exaggerated to show the relationship between the threads on the nipple and spoke. It is not to scale.
@@BillMouldWheels Thanks a lot man, you're a real PRO! 🥉
Good update