What is a spoke? You can define it in different ways: a piece of steel, a wire, a spring or, what we like best, the connection between the hub and the rim.
What is a nipple? You could name it differently as well.
A piece of metal, a screw nut, or what we prefer to call is the connecting point between the rim and spoke.
Demand in the market differs a lot.
GT Bicycles' Sophia Foresta wins the USABMX National #1 Amateur Girls title, the most prestigious amateur title in BMX. She raced her GT Carbon Speed Series Pro to a dominant performance at the USABMX Grand Nationals in Tulsa Oklahoma where she went undefeated all weekend long in her division. The title is the culmination of a yearlong of racing national events with top finishes but had to win the final to take the overall title against 55 of the fastest females from around the world.
Trial bike world champion, and longtime partner of Sapim, rides a slackline over a 120m drop in the French Alps at an altitude of 2700m.
What is balance? For Belgian athlete and nine times nine-time world champion Kenny Belaey, it’s riding his trial bike over a 20m long slackline from one rock to another, over a 120m drop in La Plagne, France. A world premiere the man with 12 world medals prepared for more than a year, doing up to 80 attempts before he finally crossed.
This Sunday 13 September will have to be marked by a white stone and as one of the most epic days for the Unior Tools Team. Jure Žabjek took the European Downhill Title on the championships that took place in Poland, while Ruaridh Cunningham won the Red Bull Hardline. For those who are not familiar with this event – it’s a downhill race on the extremely hard track build by the Athertons. It is raced only by a number of selected riders.
We all talk about using the right tool for the job, but which one is that? Is it aero, butted or basic and which nipple? Let's find out!
20 Inch Olympic Dreams": is a short film I shot about Travis Martin, the father of Olympian Arielle Martin of the 2012 USA BMX Team. The idea behind the video came to me just after Arielle qualified for the 2012 Olympics. Travis has always built...
The passion for bikes becomes a big part of my life when I started working for Sapim 12 years ago. Every wheel is different and need a special combination of spoke and nipple. At events, work or daily live I give the people as much a possible...
The high quality standard set up by Sapim for spokes and nipples requires special machinery and people. Therefore all equipment needed for the production of spokes and nipples is adapted by our high qualified and experienced R&D department. ...
Quality and traceability of the material are key priorities for Sapim. In this respect, the highly skilled operators of Sapim can rely on a state-of-the-art laboratory facility in which all necessary tests could be handled. This allows a proper...
In order to perform at the top you not only need to train hard but your material should also be 100% reliable. That’s the reason why I have chosen Sapim for 13 years.
My favorite spoke is the CX Ray...
I like the fact that Sapim is a Belgian product. I trust on Sapim spokes in the most severe conditions I usually meet such as downhill tracks with many stones, rocks and holes. Sapim spokes together with Mavic rims and Hope hubs is the perfect...