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Originally Posted by saab2000
Alloy nipples in the right hands are fine. I've been using them for decades. But they need to be properly lubricated and as mentioned, they can't be too short.
I am no flyweight and I specify my wheels to be built with alloy nipples. They never break. I can count breakage on a couple fingers, tops.
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Agree, only time I had issues with alloy nipples is a bike that spent lots of time camping along the coast, even in that environment the wheelset lasted for many years before the nipples were toast.