In th US market I wonder when DT appeared?
I don't remember them when I left the bike biz in 1980.
So there is some agreement about good galvanized spokes going back forever but who first made a good stainless spoke.
I discovered Stella after the fact. They seem decent. When did they stop?
Joe Bender-Zanoni
Great Notch, NJ
<classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>; <Wolfman231@aol.com> Sent: Saturday, January 03, 2004 7:50 PM Subject: Re: sdrawkcab R (was:Re: Robergel spoke heads, was [CR]PEUGEOT "trophy" wheel...
> In a message dated 1/3/2004 7:41:05 PM Eastern Standard Time,
> joebz@optonline.net writes:
> disliked every spoke mentioned here as far as breakage.
>
> At the time a dull looking zinc plated Torrington spoke beat them all.
>
> The Galvanized Unions wer OK too.
>
> What was good? Stainless Stellas. Any others?
> DT zinc were the greatest for strength, dull but not brittle
>
> union zinc too
>
> Larry black
> old spokes home
>
> Maryland