ones fallen in god dam it, and there is a trough on either side so I can’t easily manoeuvre it to the eyelet.
Any tips welcome
Aim for the valve hole - it's bigger! Just shake / bounce the rim with the hole at the bottom..
Shake, Rattle and Roll
Or magnetic pokey thingy - you got one right? It's the thing in the tool box stuck to everything else
I shook it. A lot.
After that episode I made my own nipple setter by sticking a bit of masking tape on an old spoke a few threads in, then threading nipples on the wrong way, poking it through the rim, and screwing it on to the actual spoke.
Reading back, that made no sense.
Hacksaw?
Hot it out now. Doh
Brass and alloy nipples aren't Magnetic.
Shake it some more.
You’ll invent some new swear words before it comes out, but it will eventually come out....
After that episode I made my own nipple setter by sticking a bit of masking tape on an old spoke a few threads in, then threading nipples on the wrong way, poking it through the rim, and screwing it on to the actual spoke.
Another hack is to cut the end off a cotton bud diagonally.. squishes into the end of the nipple and holds it fine.
i understood what you said as it is what i o as well
Think I have 3 loose in one of my wheels 🤔
See if you can get it near the valve hole and use a piece of wire e.g. Paperclip to fish it out. For deep rims I just thread the nipple onto another spoke
Shake it like you're collecting for charity
Wooden cocktail sticks are great for fitting nipples. But for getting strays out it's just shaking and frustration
Cheers
Its out now, as is the second one I lost in there lol.
Alloy nipples are stupid
DT swiss torque alloy nipples are very stupid as you have to buy yet another tool.
Straight pull spokes are also rubbish.
New normal brass nipples now fitted
personally I like the Dt squorx nipples , you can use a normal Spoke key or a driver from the back with is much much better imo.