Most the wheelsets on my vintage bikes I have made by lacing vintage hubs with new spokes to new (vintage looking) rims. In the past I always used DT silver spokes. Recently however there was a thread on vintage wheelsets and a poster suggested Sapim silver Race DB spokes for $.40 @ at Dancomp. http://www.bikeforums.net/classic-vi...inor-rant.html. To be honest I had heard of Sapim spokes, but never looked into how good they were. Most of posts said compared the Sapim Race spokes favorably with DT Competition spokes. Usually I found DT DB Comp spokes for about $1.00 @ plus $.15 for the nipples; when I do find the DT spokes for less, they usually have limited lengths. So the other day I called DanComp (they don't take spoke orders on their web store) and ordered 72 spokes for $.40 @ plus nipples. This may sound stupid, but my question is, at this price, if you are looking for this style of spoke, why would you buy anything else?