>From the link I provided earlier:
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The wheels were originally purchased from Whiskers in the mid 90's so they could well be ACI spokes. I've also called Whiskers who said ACI was a good bet. I've tried DT Swiss Competition double butted spokes and they're too tight around the flange, from what I've read ACI are a better fit on Compagnolo hubs.
The odd thing is that I contacted both Sapim and Alpina Raggi direct and both companies said the example I sent them was not one of their products.
Sapim: "No idea. I dont think that it is a Sapim spoke. We normally dont make IDs in the head."
Alpina: "Im sorry but this is not our production."
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Another snippet from same link - also reiterated by a member here:
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The Sapims have SAP stamped along the spoke near the shoulder and nothing on the head.
All the ACIs do have an A on the head as I said before.
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So in summary it seems:
A = Alpina S = ACI (tight looped "S") SAP = Sapim (located on elbow - not on head)
Note that the "S" for these ACI spokes consist of tight loops. There's another "S" brand stamp floating around out there - seen often on 12g spokes that uses a normal "S" with relaxed loops. So eventually, the list as times goes by is gonna get confusing...
As a reminder for John Hurley in case he gets around to updating his list:
"N" = Chun Nuan (CN) "n" inside "C" = Chun Nuan (CN) "m" with vertical tail on first leg = Chun Nuan (CN)
Hopefully my last post for the day...ban me Dale! I'm in a good mood!
=8-)
Robert Shackelford San Jose, CA USA
Quoting tobit linke <tobitlinke@hotmail.com>:
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> I have a box here that says A.C.I by Alpina (as well as Prym).
> While there's a S in a circle on the box,
> the spoke heads are marked "A".
> Sapim does/did make Spokes with an "S".
> http://www.flickr.com/
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> Tobit Linke, Dortmund, Germany