I advise buying a set or at least measuring very accurately.
Common mistake is believing all nipples to be sized by wire (spoke) gauge, no longer true, even if it was when bicycles were made in England to English sizes.
These nipples are all 14 gauge, one fits red, one fits green the other black ! , only a few thousands of an inch between them but it does matter.
My old circular spoke key, “marked in G” for comparison, all three “real” 14 g keys are sized between the 13 and the 15, from tight as a nun’s to waving a pencil in the Albert Hall !
Use the right tool
Common mistake is believing all nipples to be sized by wire (spoke) gauge, no longer true, even if it was when bicycles were made in England to English sizes.
These nipples are all 14 gauge, one fits red, one fits green the other black ! , only a few thousands of an inch between them but it does matter.
My old circular spoke key, “marked in G” for comparison, all three “real” 14 g keys are sized between the 13 and the 15, from tight as a nun’s to waving a pencil in the Albert Hall !
Use the right tool
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