Rock-n-roll spoke prep

[trialsmasta]

What are your opinions of Rock-n-rolls nipple creme?

[Dartman]

Tried it, didn't like it. Too watery. Even the bottle sucked. The cap broke and it all dried up anyway.

It also unnecessary if you build with high enough tension. Just use grease or linseed oil.

Mike

[trialsmasta]

I was thinking the same thing, it was really watery, but lots of people say it's great. What am I missing here?

[Dartman]

Nothing. Like I said before just use grease.

Mike

[OGRipper]

Just my opinion but like I said in the other thread, I don't agree that you should use grease on the spoke threads. It's a matter of opinion but in my experience wheels just won't hold tension properly if the threads are lubed. It's fine short term but definitely speeds up the need to retension. My prepped wheels never need retensioning and rarely need truing, even when I use 'em for DH and other burly stuff.

Anyway, no experience with the nipple cream but if it dries like a threadlocker, a thin consistency when wet is no problem and will probaly be less of a mess than the chalky spoke prep I'm used to using. The idea is that it will be wet, almost like a lube, when you are building the wheel but will soon dry to hold the spoke in place.