Spoke key

[Wayners]

Any recommendations for a spoke key.
I'm going to try myself to take rear wheel buckle out at weekend. No idea what I'm buying.
Thanks

 

[pedalfettal]

I use a Spokey 3.25mm...

Spa Cycles - Spokey 3.25/3.40

the circular hole is really useful for orientation (quarter-turn hole left, half-turn hole right, etc)

You'll need to fathom which size to buy - depending on your existing spoke nipples.

 

[Wayners]

I'll try and measure it then. Might be able to look up the wheel online for size

 

[saneagle]

The most important thing is that you get one where the square that grips on the spoke is diagonal and not square, like this one, but it obviously needs to be the right size for your spokes, typically 14g or 13g:

Wrong type with square not diagonally orientated:

 

[AndyBike]

+1 for spokey.

Plus its bright red*, which means losing sight of it is going to be hard.

*Chances are it will be the red one, as that seems to be 90% of all nipples

 

[guerney]

This looks spokey, will order next Halloween (badda-boom!)

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/202663161688

 

[pedalfettal]

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/202663161688

Your one looks quite useful - especially for Chinese-built hub-motored wheels with heavy-gauge spokes:

5 IN 1 SPOKEY SPOKE BIKE TOOL ADJUSTER 13 GAUGE 14G, 15G NIPPLES + 2 SCREWDRIVER

 

[Nealh]

A red spokey for my 14g spokes.

 

[AndyBike]

This looks spokey, will order next Halloween (badda-boom!)

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/202663161688

That is quite an interesting take on the spokey one. I particularly like the insert idea.

Not sure why they've included a pozi-drive screwdriver bit though, as pozi-drive is primarily for wood screws.

 

[Bikes4two]

+2 for Spokey (different colours for different sizes) although I can see the advanages of the 'diagonal' type from Topeak which I've now added to my Crimbo list.

 

[guerney]

Saw these - a bit thin at 3.8mm, but they're so cheap I suppose I could superglue two together?

Dual Head Bicycle Nipple Repair Tool Spoke Wrench Shimano Mavic Splines Type 12G/13G/14G/15G 4.3mm 4.4mm Square Nipple Fitting - AliExpress 18

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I sometimes use this, but it's a bit of a wrench. You wouldn't believe how many computers I've fixed using this. Mine is about 26 years old.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/315815921081