by Brent » Tue Mar 22, 2022 6:36 pm
Just a heads up. I ordered 2 sets of 18" wheel spokes and nipples from Buchanan Spoke Co. after sending them samples of my originals. They contacted me back and had spoke sets that were close but not duplicates to the originals. What they sent was quality (but expensive). It wasn't until I was lacing and truing the wheels I found out that, due to the nipples supplied being slightly larger in diameter with larger heads, that during final tightening of the spokes a mis-alignment of the spoke at the intersection of the spoke to nipple occurred (read: slight kink). The nipples weren't able to pivot slightly to compensate.