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Rob Morley
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In article <6e0224d9-22f4-44c7-a81b-2c82e4502722
@u69g2000hse.googlegroups.com>, Graham Ashton
[email protected] says...
> On Mar 1, 12:45 pm, "Pete Biggs"
>
> > Get a Spokey (capital ess), or another spoke key at least as good.
>
> I've got an old Carlton from the late 70s that needs some spokes
> tightening. I went to the local bike shop for a spoke key but they
> didn't have one the right size (it was too small for the nipples).
>
> Anybody got any idea what size nipples I'm likely to have on those
> wheels (I suspect they're the original ones as they have Raleigh
> stickers on)? I'm not sure which spoke key I should be ordering...
>
Why not measure them? You can get a vernier caliper for under a fiver
delivered from eBay (and probably the tool stall in your local market
too).
@u69g2000hse.googlegroups.com>, Graham Ashton
[email protected] says...
> On Mar 1, 12:45 pm, "Pete Biggs"
>
> > Get a Spokey (capital ess), or another spoke key at least as good.
>
> I've got an old Carlton from the late 70s that needs some spokes
> tightening. I went to the local bike shop for a spoke key but they
> didn't have one the right size (it was too small for the nipples).
>
> Anybody got any idea what size nipples I'm likely to have on those
> wheels (I suspect they're the original ones as they have Raleigh
> stickers on)? I'm not sure which spoke key I should be ordering...
>
Why not measure them? You can get a vernier caliper for under a fiver
delivered from eBay (and probably the tool stall in your local market
too).