April 11, 2026
Description
Often times, you can salvage a nipple on a bicycle wheel when a spoke breaks. Assuming you don't drop it into the rim, that is.
This tool is designed to snap in to place around a spoke nipple, which will prevent the nipple from falling into the rim while you install your new spoke.
It prints in just 5-10 minutes on a modern printer, and only takes a gram or two of material to print. You can print it at 0.2mm layer height with at least two walls and 100% infill if needed.
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I give the files for my bicycle tools away for free, with the expectation that they will NOT be sold. This is under a Creative Commons, Non-Commercial license. Any effort or attempt to sell a digital or physical copy of this file, without explicit written consent, will be met with a DMCA (or equivalent) takedown notice. This has been and will continue to be enforced.
License:
Creative Commons - Attribution - Non-Commercial - Share Alike