Originally Posted by
MrEss
Near as I can tell, the "Copper" spokes were from Industry Nine, and they weren't copper at all. They were I9's normal aluminum spokes anodized a cool color.
I don't believe it would be possible to make a copper alloy with the tensile strength necessary to be a safe spoke.
Copper stretches something terrible. Copper color is one thing, making spokes out of copper alloys? Why?