Hi Dale and Others,
Ritchey's Revolution spokes were made by DT (I believe in its Grand Jct, Colo location?). I used these almost exclusively for a few years in racer's and weight weenies' wheelsets. Ritchey's complete wheelsets were made by Alex in Asia iirc. I sold a couple of these sets before leaving that side of the bike bidness, and they seemed okay, inline with their competitors' similarly priced sets of the day. As happens many times, the ones I ordered for customers were chosen because of the colors available...brand/quality were not a factor. Not that there's anything wrong with that.
Not sure if TR wheels are still supplied by Alex. I don't keep up on those things much anymore. Too many colors to keep track of I guess...
Greg Overton Denver-ish, Colorado
Quoting oroboyz@aol.com:
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> <<...TR for Ritchey brand spokes made by DT...>>
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> Brian, are you sure about that DT connection?
> I know Ritchey had some big, big problems with spoke breakage in
> their complete wheel sets, so it's hard to imagine that DT made
> those. I thought they were Asian made...? Or maybe Ritchey changed
> or had multiple manufacturers?
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> Dale Brown
> cycles de ORO, Inc.
> 1410 Mill Street #100
> Greensboro, North Carolina 27408 USA
> 336-274-5959
> http://www.cyclesdeoro.com
> http://www.classicrendezvous.com
> http://www.carolinacup.com
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Brian Van Baush <bvanbaush@ameritech.net>
> To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
> Sent: Fri, Dec 18, 2009 10:41 pm
> Subject: Re: [CR] Spoke Brands - Tom Ritchey
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> TR for Ritchey brand spokes made by DT
> Brian Van BaushAnacortes, WA USA
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> From: John Hurley <JHurley@jdabrams.com>
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> Here's my table:
> 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 ?
> P (script) Phil Wood USA
> Three stars Trois Etoiles France Robergel
> Three dots Ohio USA Trek?
> Cross (+) Torrington USA (Connecticut)
> A Asahi Japan
> H Hoshi Japan
> SAP Sapim Belgium on the elbow
> T in shield ?
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> John Hurley
> Austin, Texas, USA
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