Nothing to do with weight, only vanity and matchy matchy factor. 😆I have a few wheel sets I built in the late 80's with alloy nips - never had one bit of trouble.
I also have not used alloy nips since the 80's, only brass, but I don't weight my bikes either
I bought purple tubeless valves for the matchy-matchy factor. I wound up dismounting tires, throwing the purple away, and installing quality valves = RPITA.Nothing to do with weight, only vanity and matchy matchy factor. 😆
edit: But not at the expense of durability.
As you know, I ride in all conditions. Salt absolutely eats alum nipples and will eventually make the wheel un-truable. I am sure you can lube them to avoid that.Nothing to do with weight, only vanity and matchy matchy factor. 😆
edit: But not at the expense of durability.
I don’t live by the beach or even like riding my DH bike in the rain, so probably don’t have to worry about it.As you know, I ride in all conditions. Salt absolutely eats alum nipples and will eventually make the wheel un-truable. I am sure you can lube them to avoid that.
I can report that it occurred with a set of Enve wheels I owned. When I sent them back for warranty work, all of the (internal) alloy nipples were replaced with brass.There have been a lot of reports of galvanic corrosion when using Al spoke nipples.
Probably because you rode in below freezing weather.I can report that it occurred with a set of Enve wheels I owned. When I sent them back for warranty work, the all of the (internal) alloy nipples were replaced with brass.
As you know, I ride in all conditions. Salt absolutely eats alum nipples and will eventually make the wheel un-truable. I am sure you can lube them to avoid that.
Industry 9 wheels. Purple spokes. No nipples.