Re: [CR] Spokes with S on the head?

(Example: Framebuilders)

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Date: Sun, 9 Jan 2011 20:49:49 -0500
From: "Ken Freeman" <kenfreeman096@gmail.com>
To: Classic Rendezvous <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
Subject: Re: [CR] Spokes with S on the head?


Been poring through the archives. Sapim should be marked SAP. Stella has a star. S may be Alpina ACI, according to several of the postings.

On Sun, Jan 9, 2011 at 6:51 PM, Ken Freeman <kenfreeman096@gmail.com> wrote:
> Ok, so it could be early Sapim or Stella. Anyone know how to tell the
> difference?
>
>
> On Sun, Jan 9, 2011 at 7:13 PM, M-gineering <info@m-gineering.nl> wrote:
>
>> be surprised then;) Founded 1918, have been making spokes for 80 years
>>
>>
>> On 1/9/2011 10:52 PM, Ken Freeman wrote:
>>
>>> Is Sapim up to 50 years old? Would surprise me.
>>>
>>> On Sun, Jan 9, 2011 at 6:54 PM, M-gineering <info@m-gineering.nl
>>> <mailto:info@m-gineering.nl>> wrote:
>>>
>>> On 1/9/2011 10:30 PM, Ken Freeman wrote:
>>>
>>> What is the brand of road spokes with an "S" on the heads? They
>>> are quite
>>> old, with a non-stainless finish, and double-butted. Right now
>>> they are
>>> holding a Nisi rim onto an un marked Gnutti-like large flange
>>> hub with
>>> aluminum flanges and a steel axle quill.
>>>
>>>
>>> Older Sapim?
>>> --
>>> mvg
>>>
>>> Marten Gerritsen
>>> Kiel Windeweer
>>> Netherlands
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>>>
>>> --
>>> Ken Freeman
>>> Ann Arbor, MI USA
>>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> mvg
>>
>> Marten Gerritsen
>>
>> Gerritsen & Meijers, Ingenieurs
>> Framebuilding & Imports
>>
>> Dorpsstraat 132
>> 9605 PD Kiel Windeweer
>> Netherlands
>>
>> Tel: +31 598 491865
>> http://www.m-gineering.nl
>>
>>
>> leveringsvoorwaarden: http://www.m-gineering.nl/leveringsvw.pdf
>>
>
>
>
> --
> Ken Freeman
> Ann Arbor, MI USA
>

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Ken Freeman
Ann Arbor, MI USA