Originally Posted by
USAZorro
Odd request of the week here. I'm in the process of rehabbing a matched pair of low-end 4-speeds so I can get them out of my hair when weather starts to warm. They'd been stored in a very humid basement, and spokes rusted (which I can address), but some of the nipples are frozen solid, and they're going to have to be cut. Consequently, I'm looking for 6-12 272 mm 14 gauge spokes. Would take more if you have them. Galvanized would match what's on there.
Thanks,
Z
Have you tried blasting the frozen spoke nipple for 5-6 seconds with a pencil-tipped propane torch?
Get the wrench on there quickly while it's still hot, avoid blasting the spoke itself.
I've done this hundreds of times, seems to work really well if the nipple isn't yet rounded off (or the spoke broken).