Spoke wrench size? [Archive]

buildyourown

01-21-2005, 04:41 PM

Anybody know off hand what size spoke wrench for standard 14ga spokes. I want to order a nice wrench but they are listed as 3.2,3.3 and 3.5mm as opposed to gauge.

oly

01-21-2005, 06:04 PM

whatever you get go for the spokies wrench.

seen here: https://www.bti-usa.com/item.asp?item=AZ9905&searchtype=&itemsearch=&filter=

as far as the specific size? Dont know for sure..... but I use the red spokie, or black park, and i think i have 14g spokes...... if that makes any cents.

oly

01-21-2005, 06:05 PM

oh, the reason behind spokies, theres a better grip on the nipple meaning less stripping.

buildyourown

01-21-2005, 06:26 PM

I'm going with pedros.
They have the spokey style on one end and the park style on the other for "speed"
Makes sense to me.

ChrisRobin

01-21-2005, 06:57 PM

I ended up keeping it simple, a few years ago I bought a Park spoke tool: looks like a triangle with the three different sizes at each corner.

Wumpus

01-21-2005, 08:45 PM

DT proline:

http://www.dtswiss.com/data/images/ACC_SMALL_30429212695.jpg

Salami

01-21-2005, 10:53 PM

Anybody know off hand what size spoke wrench for standard 14ga spokes. I want to order a nice wrench but they are listed as 3.2,3.3 and 3.5mm as opposed to gauge.

Do you know what kind of nipples you have? The DT and Wheelsmith nipples I have dealt with use a black Park SW-0 (0.127") which according to my calculations works out to 3.2258mm. The next biggest Park (SW-1 green) works out to 3.302mm.

mtnbikeair

01-22-2005, 05:32 PM

you would want a red parktool one, or a yellow spokey one. Im not sure about pedros.

Wumpus

01-22-2005, 06:29 PM

The SW-0 is sized for 3.22mm (0.127") nipples and fits Wheelsmith®, Marwi® and DT®, Edco® as well as other brands of nipples.

Park Tool spoke wrench sizes include:

SW-0 (Black handle) 3.22mm /80 ga./.127 nipple
SW-1 (Green handle) 3.3mm /80 ga./.130 nipple
SW-2 (Red handle) 3.45mm /80 ga./.136 nipple
SW-3 (Blue handle) 3.96mm /105 ga./.156 nipple

I've always just used the green for DT.

-dustin

01-22-2005, 06:39 PM

to add to wumpus' comment, red will often be used on cheap wheelsets.

and that wrench he posted is bling bling for spoke wrenches. i prefer the cheaper black and red Parks for now. i tend to lose spoke wrenches often.

--edit--

the wheels on our TX4000 bikes had non-uniform nipples. some were black, others were red. that was very annoying. the spare wheels we bought from a distributor needed the red wrench.