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I decided to try my hand at wheel building after years of paying others to do it for me. I bought a cheap spoke wrench with G13, G14 and G15 size wrench adapters for the nipple sizes. I needed the G15 nipple adapter, I have built up one wheel but the shoddy nipple wrench has given up on me, buy cheap buy twice I know. Anyway I now want to buy a good one but they come in mm sizes not gauge sizes and I don't know what gauge 15 is in metric, does anybody out there know????
only choice is really a Spokey...
http://www.evanscycles.com/products/buddy/spokey-spoke-key-red-euro-nipples-ec012165
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red is for 3.25mm nipples af
they do a yellow version for jap nipples at 3.4mm af
bound to be the red one
comfy to use as wll
Park ones are nice.
spokey +1 for comfort but they wear out after a few wheels.
park triangular lasts forever and grips well, but gets a little uncomfortable on the fingertips
I'm after an all metal one, park do look good but what metric size do I need if gauge 15 is the one I was using with my current spoke wrench?
the triangular park one [url= http://www.parktool.com/products/detail.asp?cat=16&item=SW-7 ]SW7[/url] has three sizes that covers all the usual nipples
pedro 4 sided is the best i've used and seems to be made of very hard alloy so shoudl ast well
my green pedros one is a lovely bit of kit
they do a pro spokey which has wider steel inserts..
you would have to be going some to wear then out as a hobby builder - their flat design also allows easy id of how much turn you are applying..
anyhow for £4 how can yo go wrong
spokey +1 for comfort but they wear out after a few wheels.
your doing it wrong .....
+1 For spokey - the pro vesion is not worth the extra £2 or so though 🙂
+ easy to find when you drop it or put it down somewhere
I've always used my yellow one - does that means it's really too big ?
depends on your wheels ...
DT spokes red
non good spokes yellow .... the yellow will fit DT and will tension - but when you start getting to wheel final tension it will round your nipples
sapin dt etc i find red is correct... have yellow for some overlarge crappy spokes on the rear of the my brompton
most OEM bike spokes are yellow too
park one going strong at 8 wheels and a number of truings. also have triangular park which i use but neve rused for a full wheel build
Been using my Spokey pro's(both sizes)building wheels in a bike shop for probably 5yrs or so now, not worn them out yet, and not looking likely to either.