I disliked every spoke mentioned here as far as breakage.
At the time a dull looking zinc plated Torrington spoke beat them all.
The Galvanized Unions wer OK too.
What was good? Stainless Stellas. Any others?
Joe Bender_Zanoni
Great Notch, NJ
<Wolfman231@aol.com> Sent: Saturday, January 03, 2004 12:37 PM Subject: sdrawkcab R (was:Re: Robergel spoke heads, was [CR]PEUGEOT "trophy" wheels (??)
> In a message dated 1/3/2004 12:11:49 PM Eastern Standard Time,
> sachs@erols.com writes:
>
> My memory coincides with Ed's on the "E" on Robergel stainless spokes, but
I
> distinctly remember a backwards capital R on the non-stainless ones (which
> also have a peculiar thread relative to other spoke brands). I've seen
the
> crescent but did not associate it with Robergel.
>
> harvey sachs
> mcLean va
> The reveresed R was the marque of the Raedelli, a spoke made populqar by
> Proteus and Mel Pinto Imports.
> These were nickel plated and a spoke known for discoloring and weakness.
> At one time there were tens of thousands of them (a good part of a ton)
being
> blown out for cents on the dollar. These were noticeable on wheel builds
from
> several yards and were more famous for an inexpensive shortcut to a
sperkly
> wheel (although the yellowing tint was not very pleasing on most wheels
with a
> silvery or grey rim)
> The 3-star Robergels were a little greyer and the most attrqactive spokes
> were berg Union (Schwinn approved as well) Chromium , with the 14/16
'swaged'
> being the most sought.
>
> Larry 'I have spoken' Black
> Irvine, California til tonight