Wheelsmith, now owned by Hayes, still offers a double butted 15/17 guage sp oke with longer butts than DT Revolution. You may be able to order 310mm th readless blanks. David Benson Auckland, NZ
From: Dmitry Yaitskov <dima@rogers.com> Subject: Re[2]: [CR]A source of 15/17g (1.8/1.4mm) spokes? To: "Classic Rendezvous" <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org> Received: Thursday, 18 September, 2008, 9:18 AM
Hi,
Wednesday, September 17, 2008, 4:37:23 PM, Greg Reiche wrote:
> Back in the '90s, Ritchey collaborated with DT to make Logic spokes in
that
> gauge and with very short butts like vintage spokes, but they are out of
> production. Google it; there might still be some out there.
A Google search came up with one site that looked promising - but when
I clicked the "buy Ritchey spokes" link, it returned a "product
is not
available anymore" message, unfortunately.
> They were superceded by DT Swiss' own longer-butted Revolution spokes
in
> both 14/17 and 15/17ga. The 15/17ga. are still listed as available in DTs
> catalog. Not many distributors carry them, so they would be a special
order.
> I just checked, and BTI currently has 1 box of 298mm left.
Greg, thanks for the pointer to BTI. While I need 295/296mm, according to BTI site, they also have a box of those... now the only problem is, how do I buy them. Their store locator only allows US postal codes - but I'm in Canada (and an individual, not a bike shop).
(I called my LBS and they can only order DT Revolution in 14/17, not 15/17, unfortunately.)
Wednesday, September 17, 2008, 4:37:05 PM, Marten Gerritsen wrote:
> I hope you realise that stainless spokes are very un-1947 like. I'd go
> for current #15 rustless (zinc plated) spokes if I couldn't find
> anything more original
I'd rather build my wheel with butted stainless spokes that plain-gauge plated. Maybe it's just me :)
-- Cheers, Dmitry Yaitskov, Toronto, Canada.
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