Re: [CR] Hi-E Nipple AND Spokes??????

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Date: Wed, 11 Nov 2009 17:14:47 -0700
From: <mrrabbit@mrrabbit.net>
To: Jerome & Elizabeth Moos <jerrymoos@sbcglobal.net>
References: <329419.86674.qm@web82201.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
In-Reply-To: <329419.86674.qm@web82201.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
Cc: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: Re: [CR] Hi-E Nipple AND Spokes??????


Wow!

You may have yourself in quite a bind here...

I'm guessing you might have 63.5 TPI (French) or the TPI common to 120 spokes -

the larger cousing to 105 spokes. Where to get 15g spokes with Hi-E threading...me totally clueless.

Would standard nipples work? Might have to go that route unless someone else here comes to the rescue.

=8-(

(Been ages since I've worked on anything other than 56 TPI)

Robert Shackelford San Jose, CA USA

Quoting Jerome & Elizabeth Moos <jerrymoos@sbcglobal.net>:
> Well, in my continuing Hi-E Project, having destroyed one rim trying to true
> a Hi-E wheel with old corroded spokes, I decided to respoke, but hoped to
> reuse the special Hi-E nipples. The original spokes measure 15 ga on the
> end, so I ordered some 15 ga DTs to rebuild with. But when they arrived
> today, I found I cannot thread the Hi-E nipples more than a couple of turns
> onto the DT 15 ga spokes. Did Hi-E make their own spokes as well as nipples?
> Did they use a non-standard thread?
>
> Regards,
>
> Jerry Moos
>
>
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