Originally Posted by Learn_not2burn
Recently I talked to a wheel builder about using black spokes, and he told me they don't build with black because they have found them weaker than normal spokes. Any truth in this? I think it's BS.
I give a lifetime warranty against spoke breakage on all my handbuilt wheels....except with black spokes. For every 1 broken regular stainless spoke I see 4 broken black ones. Vanity has its price.
The only coloured spokes I have ever seen...besides black....are Ti dye spokes. Not very good imho.