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> On my friend's Mavic Cosmos rear wheel the spoke nipple stripped and he needs to find
> replacements. I think the spokes are 14g. I would think that DT 14g brass nipples would work but
> the LBS boss says they're different. Are the Mavic "ABS type Brass Nipples" the only nipples that
> can be used on this wheel? Or are their alternatives? Can anyone explain what are "ABS type Brass
> Nipple?"
>
> Thanks for your time, Kenny Lee
Dear Kenny,
Whenever I asked about acronyms here, I was always referred to
http://www.acronymfinder.com
It's amusing, if nothing else. American Bicycle Standard doesn't appear.
I'm a little worried by aviation's "Automatic Breaking System," but it may be either a bad typo or
else a design that makes damned sure that a wing-mounted engine is either completely attached to the
wing in flight or else completely detached (and not dangling) that a friend once mentioned just
because he knows that I'm afraid of heights.
Possibly the brass nipples have been approved by the American Board of
Enjoy the list below.
Carl Fogel
ABS Antilock Braking System ABS Able-Bodied Seaman ABS Absent ABS Absolute ABS Absolute Time Code
ABS Abstract ABS Abu Simbel, Egypt - Abu Simbel (Airport Code) ABS Acoustic Backscatter System ABS
Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene ABS Activation Binding Site (genetics) ABS Active Battle System
(video game design) ABS Adams-Bashforth Scheme ABS Adult Basic Skills ABS Advanced Battle
Simulations ABS Advanced Brake System ABS Affordable Business Structure ABS Agent-Based Simulation
ABS Agile Beam System ABS Air Base Security ABS Air Base Simulator ABS Air Base Squadron ABS Air
Base Survivability ABS Air Base Systems ABS Air Brake Switch ABS Airbrushed Steel (construction) ABS
Alcohol Breath Screening ABS Alkyl Benzene Sulfonate ABS Alternate Bit Synchronization ABS
Alternative Billing Service ABS Amended Budget Submission ABS American Back Society ABS American
Bible Society ABS American Bladesmith Society
ABS American Board of Surgery ABS American Brachytherapy Society ABS American Breeders Services ABS
American Budgerigar Society ABS American Bureau of Shipping ABS Amman Baccalaureate School ABS
Amphetamine-Based Stimulants ABS Anchor Bolt Stabilizer ABS Animal Behavior Society ABS
Anti-Blockier-System ABS Antiblockiersystem (German: anti-skid brake system) ABS Anti-Blocking
System ABS Aperture Blind Subassembly ABS Apple Business Systems ABS Arc Bond Sputter ABS Army
Broadcasting Service ABS As-Built Specification ABS Assault Ballistic Rocket System ABS Asset-Backed
Security ABS Assisted Breaking System (aviation) ABS Association of Broadcasting Staff ABS
Association of Business Schools ABS Atomic Beam Scattering ABS Australian Bureau of Statistics ABS
Automated Balancing System ABS Automated Billing System ABS Automated Bond System ABS Automated
Bridge System ABS Automated Briefing System ABS Automated Brokerage Service ABS Automated Brokerage
System ABS Automatic Backup System (CMS Peripherals, Inc.) ABS Automatic Block Signal ABS Automatic
Breaking System (aviation) ABS Average Busy Stream ABS Axial Bay Simulator