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Available Now! Each pack comes with 50 Taper Hex Nipples and a complimentary nipple key.

Aluminum nipples have been tried in the past as a way to save crucial “rotating weight” from bicycle wheels, but while the aluminum can be stronger than traditional brass nipples in pure-tension, they are also much softer, and it is all too easy to round them off with an ordinary spoke key. The Taper-Hex nipples use a tapering hexagonal shape to increase the thickness of the metal around the spoke, and the tapering shape also allows the key to slide down easily onto the nipple while also eliminating slop in the interface between parts. The result is a “perfect” connection that prevents deformation of the spoke nipple. The hexagonal head (rather than square) also helps to simplify wheel-building too. The key is designed to rotate in the tight spaces of a BMX wheel and it’s small enough to keep on your key-chain. 36 aluminum nipples weigh 0.6 ounces (16.5g) verses 1.3 ounces (36g) for normal short brass nipples.

» Proprietary taper nipple and key interface simplifies wheel building and maintenance.
» 7075-T6 aluminum.
» Black, Gold, Silver and Red various anodized.

The flipbook we showed during Interbike 2008.

Date: 04.09.09
Comments: 17 Comments
Categories: G-Sport, New Product, Product Updates
Tags: taper hex nipple

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17 Responses to “G-Sport Taper Hex Nipples!”

OdysseyBMX.com / Daily Word » Blog Archive » G-Spokes and Taper Hex Nipples ( April 9th, 2009 at 10:31 am ):

[...] UPDATE: Taper Hex Nipples are available now! [...]
poop poopy doo ( April 9th, 2009 at 12:01 pm ):

looks like somebody is trying to re-invent the wheel.
jake ( April 9th, 2009 at 12:07 pm ):

it’s working too
Dan ( April 9th, 2009 at 12:28 pm ):

Yes! I can finally complete my Apple wheels!
RyRy G. ( April 9th, 2009 at 1:35 pm ):

oooooooook
MSBNL ( April 9th, 2009 at 2:20 pm ):

Lovely! Any idea on the ETA of the G-spokes?
bonerhead ( April 9th, 2009 at 5:05 pm ):

the spokes are cool the nipples are just one more tool your gonna need to mess with something thats retarded
Alexander Kio ( April 9th, 2009 at 5:44 pm ):

G Sport George is a mother fuckin’ genius! I have made love for everything he does! Always high quality and attention to the details. My G Sport ribcages, hubs, and pegs are badass, and next I’m gonna test out this spoke/nipple setup!

yall gotta make different colorways though. gold and silver/chrome are lame. blue, green, yellow!?!?
Alexander Kio ( April 9th, 2009 at 8:50 pm ):

haha… that was supposed to say MAD love… not made love… FML!
Alex @ Give D! ( April 9th, 2009 at 9:19 pm ):

Stoked on these nipples, they never strip and the little tool is dialed
Derek ( April 10th, 2009 at 6:13 am ):

I think this is sweet, the spokes seem dialed, the nipples are cool not really a big deal nips aren’t too expensive to replace when broken or stripped, but i’ll definatly rock these little buggers on my bike
john ( April 12th, 2009 at 4:27 pm ):

jc/pc news please!!
T ( May 3rd, 2009 at 1:02 am ):

so, i know what happens to alloy nipples after a year… that being said, will these nipples do that?

If you don’t know what i am talking about, im talking about when you try to true your wheel after a year and find yourself destroying nipples.
OdysseyBMX.com / Daily Word » Blog Archive » Bike Check: Mike Ardelean ( May 7th, 2009 at 4:27 pm ):

[...] Verde. Some of the parts he’s running include the JCPC (now in full production), Taper Hex Nipples, Odyssey Race spokes and more. Click around the flipbook for more [...]
ryan ( June 8th, 2009 at 9:02 pm ):

please make green and blue nipples, I want them, but in these colors!!!!
ryan ( March 13th, 2010 at 9:24 pm ):

hay you did
ryan ( March 13th, 2010 at 9:28 pm ):

good rims