In a message dated 11/17/00 5:25:41 AM Eastern Standard Time, m.stevens@camb.linst.ac.uk writes:
<< using Sapim "Laser "spokes . These are the closest to the classic 15/17 (1.4 - 1.8mm ) double butted I could find.>>
My limited research has indicated that these particular spokes are no longer available in the USA and I suspect Sapim has dropped them from production altogether..... so I advise vintage bike folk to stockpile any they think they might need.
<< I have since found an old Jamaican guy called Sam The Wheels. >>
I think that gentleman was featured in a magazine report on Holdsworth back in the 1970s. There was a picture of him with a great pile of wheel components & spokes.. Does anyone recall that article?
Dale Brown