Nut for a spoke

In a securing system for spokes of a spoked wheel including a rim and a hub and multiple spokes terminating at threaded outer ends located adjacent openings in the wheel rim and spoke nuts threaded on the spoke terminal ends so that the spoke nuts extend through the wheel rim openings and serve to tension the spokes between the wheel hub and the wheel rim, the improvement comprising:

• said nuts comprising an elongated body having flattened side faces at one end area and an enlarged head portion at an opposed end of the body;
• said head portion including a collar portion having a rounded portion forming a transition between the body and the head portion;
• a longitudinal threaded bore within the body;
• said wheel rim opening being sufficiently larger in transverse directions relative to the body of each nut so as to provide a space between each nut body and each opening in the wheel rim that enables pivotal motion of the body in the opening with the collar portion of the nut in engagement with the wheel rim adjacent the opening on the side thereof opposite the side facing each respective spoke.