Preparing Spokes for a Bicycle Wheel

Video Transcript

"So in this clip, I'm going to talk about prepping the spokes. It's important to prepare the threads on the spoke to accept the nipple, and to give you a long life out of the wheel. We use a spoke compound made by WheelSmith, called Spoke Prep. It is a compound that adheres to the threaded area of the spoke, limits corrosion, and keeps the spoke nipple from vibrating loose under normal wheel loads. It's an important part of a wheel build, in my opinion. Okay, we've acquired our spokes of the correct length and count: in this case, 265mm. Now we're going to prep them and prepare them for use. So we'll do a light coating of Spoke Prep on the threaded area of the spoke; WheelSmith builds it with a nice blue color. Then, we can begin to lace the wheel. "