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Fred R
a Road Racer
from Bakersfield, CADate Reviewed: August 31, 2000
Strengths: Strong, light, cheaper than TI and without the constant adjustment as TI.Weaknesses: I have not found any yet!Bottom Line: At first I was hesitant to try these thinner lighter spokes but I did and I do not regret it. I have had no problems with them at all! I have not even had to adjust them yet! Now maybe thats due to 36 spokes per wheel instead of the newer 24 or even 32 I don't know; but I do know I can feel the difference in the lighter wheels. I also no longer hear the whirl the old spokes made at higher speed which leads me to believe the new ones are more efficient at slicing through the wind, either that or I getting older and my hearing has degraded!
Favorite Ride: RoundMountain Rd.
Purchased At: The Finish Line (local store)
Similar Products Used: DT straight gauge spokes.
Bike Setup: 80's Trek 660 Rey 531 with Suntour Superbe group. The wheels are Torelli with 36 hole Superbe hubs.
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Bob Owen
a Recreational Rider
from St. George, UTDate Reviewed: May 31, 2000
Strengths: Strong, light. Cheaper and better than ti.Weaknesses: Expensive for steel spokes, but Colorado Cyclist sells them for $.60 and they may be even cheaper elsewhere. (Email me if you know where.)Bottom Line: The best value overall for front and nondrive rear spokes. Spokes almost always break at the ends, why not radically butt them in the middle? The smoothness of the butting transition helps prevent stress risers and subsequent fractures. Wheelsmith spokes have more abrupt butting.
You can feel the difference a lighter wheelset makes. The farther the weight is from the hub, the more difference it makes in reducing rotational inertia so spokes, nipples and lightweight rims make a much bigger difference than hubs and skewers.
The exceptions to my above endorsement would be if your style/terrain throws things into the spokes like rocks, sticks, etc. Then you definitely should use a heavier butted spoke like DT Competition. MTB disc brake users shouldn't use Revolutions on the brake side either. I believe that straight gauge spokes are a waste of time and so do Jobst Brandt and Gerd Schraner.
Favorite Ride: Cedar/Enterprise/St. George
Similar Products Used: Other DT and Wheelsmith spokes.
Bike Setup: 59 cm Litespeed Palmares. Reynolds Ouzo Pro fork, King headset, Campy Record 10 speed gruppo. Litespeed ti stem and seatpost, ITM Millennium bar Speedplay X/1 pedals.
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Will
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from Baton RougeDate Reviewed: April 7, 2000
Strengths: stealthy good looks, tried and true, strong spokeWeaknesses: no one belives they are butted until you get out a crescent wrench and show themBottom Line: For a traditional metalspoke, there are very impressive. The best part is that on on Euro bikes, the butting is not apparant and does not draw attention to itself. With the ever growing popularity of specalty wheelsets such as SPOX an tseriums (however you spell it), many are forgetting about the stealthy abilities a traditional wire spoked wheel can offer.
Similar Products Used: wheelsmith machined db spokes,
Bike Setup: coloradocyclist custom wheelset
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