Originally Posted by
rekmeyata
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.
I read that to imply that there were quality issues, not simply the obvious, less steel = less strength.
There are a number of good spoke makers besides those named, and it's possible to build excellent wheels using some of the lightest offerings. My commuter's wheels are built using 1.8/1.5/1.8 spokes throughout except for the right rear which uses 1.8/1.6/1.8 spokes.
Times and styles change, and these days people are putting a high priority on durability, but in a world where folks spend big bucks to save grams, or for competition, low weight is also a virtue, and for me the challenge hasn't to build the strongest wheel, but the lightest wheel that's strong enough to do the job.