spoke nipple

Mavic designed a spoke nipple mounted on the inside of the rim rather than from the tire side.

A spoke nipple holds a bicycle wheel's rim to each spoke.

Tensioned spokes are usually attached to the rim or sometimes the hub with a spoke nipple.

Users can choose from an array of colors for decals, spoke nipples, and hub end caps.

Common sizes of spoke nipples (flat-to-flat) include:

The spoke nipple is a headed cylinder with threading on the inside through part of its length (there is an unthreaded lead-in nearest the "flats").

A spoke nipple rests in a hole drilled radially through the wheel's rim, and the nipple is threaded onto the external thread of a spoke.

Spoke nipples are typically T-shaped in cross section, with an internal thread running part of the way through the hole that runs along the spoke nipple's principal axis.

Ms. Peterson recycles "blems" - bicycle parts, like spoke nipples and chain links, that are marred in manufacture and that would be discarded - to make bracelets, earrings and necklaces.

If using aluminum nipples, the spokes should be long enough to engage the full length of spoke nipple threads so that the load is carried from spoke to the top of the nipple.

This resistance is noticeably greater where rotational inertia is also a significant component, so lighter wheel rims, spoke nipples, and tires will permit faster acceleration (or the same acceleration for less expenditure of energy).

A spoke wrench is sometimes called a nipple wrench, as it is the spoke nipple - not the spoke - that is turned in the process of changing the tension of a spoke.