[CR]Double butted spokes

(Example: Framebuilding:Norris Lockley)

From: "Doug Smith" <doug@Kingsweir.plus.com>
To: <Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
Date: Mon, 2 Oct 2006 20:05:19 -0000
Subject: [CR]Double butted spokes

A point on the timing of double butted spokes , it seems to change in its years of exsistance. I can only say that my first pair of hand built racing wheels built in 1950 were indeed double butted stainless steel. It took me nearly a year to pay off the costs on credit because they were very expensive at the time.

As for the star marked on some name make of spoke I just checked up in my workshop and among the many bundles of spokes I have a star appears on appears on some which I consider different makers. So is this marking not unique to any one manufacturer or to many others makes through the years ?.

Doug Smith
North Dorset
UK