[CR] Spokes, etc.

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Date: Tue, 22 Jun 2010 10:16:49 -0500
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From: "John Hurley" <JHurley@jdabrams.com>
To: <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
Subject: [CR] Spokes, etc.


Robert, I am interested that you are so heavily into straight gage spokes. What benefits do you find in straight gage over butted?

I had never heard of CN Spoke (Chun Nan), not that I am a wheel builder by any stretch, even though according to their website they've been around since 1970! In the past there have been threads on spoke head markings, but no mention of this brand. I will add them to my list. I wish someone would create a photo collection of spoke heads. I see CN Spoke has a brand called Mac, with an "m" as spoke head marking. Do their CN brand spokes also have this mark?

What are your views on the length of the elbow crook vs the thickness of the hub flange? Can an aluminum hub flange really be used as an anvil to change the shape of a high-strength steel spoke, per Ted Ernst?

John Hurley
Austin, Texas, USA