Stainless Steel Absolutely No Polish Whatsoever 3 Dot Distributed by Trek in the Early 90s Brand as described in Trek clearance catalog was OHIO Spoke
Those with:
CN formed like an incomplete @ key on your keyboard... N as a capital "N"... M as a lower case "m" with a vertical tail at the beginning...
are all CNSpoke which I import.
Phil Wood has a classic and correct cursive capital "P" on theirs. Recently someone has shown up with a low quality stiff and grainy materialed spoke with a loosely constructed "P" stamp...more like a flashy trendy incomplete "P".
Mentioned the three dot in earlier thread...there are other 3 dot brands out there with semi and high polish finishes which I believe to be of Taiwan origin.
Borderlining OFF-TOPIC since the above mentions are more modern - however they info can be useful for future vintage/classic discussion in future decades.
=8-)
Robert Shackelford San Jose, CA USA
Quoting John Hurley <JHurley@jdabrams.com>:
> I also remembered a recent thread on spoke head markings and had trouble
> locating it. The search engine for the Archive seems quirky. I found
> the thread by searching on "spoke heads", but not "spoke head". Here is
> my spoke head id guide, gleaned mostly from the CR List:
>
> Spoke Head Markings
> Mark Brand Country Comment
> DT DT Swiss Switzerland
> U Union Germany
> R (Reversed) Redaelli Italy
> A Alpina Italy
> Y Prym Germany
> E Trois Etoiles France Robergel
> Crescent Robergel France
> Clover Berg-Union Switzerland
> Star Stella Italy
> W Wolber?
> W? Wheelsmith? USA Since 1984
> P ?
> Three stars Trois Etoiles France Robergel
> Three dots
> Cross (+) Torrington USA (Connecticut)
> A Asahi Japan
> H Hoshi Japan
> SAP Sapim Belgium on the elbow
> T in shield ?
>
> John Hurley
> Austin, Texas, USA
>
> Original message:
> From: Greg Reiche <shop(AT)cyclart.com>
> Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2009 16:21:57 -0500
> Subject: [CR] Spoke head ID
> <http://search.bikelist.org/query.asp?SearchString=%22Spoke+head+ID%22&S
> earchPrefix=%40msgsubject&SortBy=MsgDate%5Ba%5D>
>
> List:
>
> I thought I remembered a thread about spoke head stamps, but couldn't
> find
> one in the archive (Maybe I used the wrong search words?)
>
> So remind me: What spoke brand was stamped with a three-pointed star
> (like
> a Mercedes-Benz hood ornament)? I'm looking at them on an early sixties
> Frejus I'm building, and wondering if they're likely original.
>
> Greg Reiche
> CyclArt
> Vista, CA USA
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