Hey. Having a new wheelset built and have a choice in spokes. My current wheels have DT spokes, but I've never heard anything good or bad about either. I will be getting 14g DB if that helps. Thanks!
Which spokes: DT or Wheelsmith??
- Thread starter Colin
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They are both good, I prefer Wheelsmith myself. Its kinda like compairing Chevy & Ford.
DITTO
Go for DT.
Personal taste though.
the butts on butted wheelsmith spokes are abrupt, whereas the DT ones are smooth and gradual. i've seen and replaced scads more broken ws spokes than DT. the DT steel is also marginally more dense, as you can see if you compare the masses of identical straight-guage spokes. i like that. perhaps it's a result of the cold-forging process, i dunno.
i have re-built many problematic wheelsmith-spoked wheels with comparable DT spokes, and had nothing but excellent results. i'm a total DT fan because they have never given me any reason not to like them.
i won't even build a wheel with butted wheelsmith spokes anymore, unless the customer absolutely insists. that hasn't happened yet.
i have re-built many problematic wheelsmith-spoked wheels with comparable DT spokes, and had nothing but excellent results. i'm a total DT fan because they have never given me any reason not to like them.
i won't even build a wheel with butted wheelsmith spokes anymore, unless the customer absolutely insists. that hasn't happened yet.
DT`s and when you add ito ,they turn into ditto
cold rolling = cold forging