FAQLoad - Marwi titanium spokes

Got 18 of these on special for no particular reason other than to check out the whole "titanium spoke thing". These are straight gauge 14g (2.0mm) spokes. 18 spokes weigh 71g, so they weigh 3.94g each. They come with some special Ti thread lube to use when building.

As I've only got 18 of these, I used them in a super lightweight 24" front wheel build.

A2Z Titanium Skewers

What do they weigh?

Amoeba Titanium Skewers

I got a couple of sets of these Amoeba titanium (Ti) skewers from torpedo7 a while back. So far they've held up really well, they were cheap (something like AUS$30), are reasonably light and are able to ...

Straight pull spokes

Why I don't like them

Short spokes

It's not easy to get spokes in the lengths that you need for kid's bike wheel builds, but there are a few options available:

Titanium quick release skewers

I was pleasantly surprised when these generic fleabay Ti quick release skewers arrived from China.

Shortening spokes

Here's how I do it (in this example I'm shortening a titanium spoke, but the procedure for stainless steel spokes is the same):

Marwi titanium spokes

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