so our fellow monkey Bald Eagle was kind enough to sell me a rediculously sweet road bike recently... the relevant point being that it has mavic Helium wheels...
I went to true the back wheel and The spoke nipples were so frozen I Had to hold the spokes with a pair of pliers to turn the nipples. After spending forever and a day trying to true the thing I finally gave up and replaced all the nipples using a touch of grease and nothing else (this method always works well for me, but I retension my wheels rather regularly), but I'm still curious (as the title may have belied) WTF does mavic use as threadlocker? (if anything) The old nipples weren't corroded, and there was very little residue on the spokes, but I've never had spokes so locked up. Do the french know magic?
I went to true the back wheel and The spoke nipples were so frozen I Had to hold the spokes with a pair of pliers to turn the nipples. After spending forever and a day trying to true the thing I finally gave up and replaced all the nipples using a touch of grease and nothing else (this method always works well for me, but I retension my wheels rather regularly), but I'm still curious (as the title may have belied) WTF does mavic use as threadlocker? (if anything) The old nipples weren't corroded, and there was very little residue on the spokes, but I've never had spokes so locked up. Do the french know magic?