Originally Posted by
FBinNY
Spoke weight isn't rocket science, and there's no secret or magic involved. All spokes use steels with very similar (if not identical) specific gravities (density) so the only way one makes lighter spokes is by making them shorter or thinner. At the same thickness, some makers reduce weight by having the thicker ends shorter than others, but other than that the spoke's weight is a simple function of it's length and section.
The above excludes spokes made of other materials, such as Ti, aluminum or carbon.
And that's why I mentioned in my post you quoted but didn't show the whole post was that these lighter spokes from other brands do not hold up as well because in order to make them lighter they had to make the spoke thinner and thus subject to breaking more often. So there is a fine line in the science of making the spoke too thick and heavy with no gain in strength to making it too thin and light with a loss in strength. I trust DT spokes, their the only spoke I've ever used, but others like Wheelsmith are fantastic spokes as well and are the only spoke that Peter White uses and he gives a lifetime warranty on his builds. And Sapims, while a great spoke are just too expensive to make them worth while.