Originally Posted by
bikerosity57
DT spokes are not cro-moly, they are stainless. I've always heard that butted spokes make "stronger" wheels, but the only spokes that I've ever broke repeatedly were butted. 'could be because I'm so frikken fat though. I've always used straight gauge 14 spokes, and I rarely break one. Once the flanges on my rear hub gave out, but the spokes never broke.
You are right, bikerosity57, the DT spokes he showed me were SS and DT spokes always have been. I just went and checked. The chrome moly spokes were made by Robergel and the little logo at the end that I couldn't make out was obviously the crescent in the list of spoke makers that gridplan linked in his post.
Mr S has obviously been thinking about it too as when he showed me one of the spokes the other day he said he couldn't remember who'd made it. Today he came straight out with Robergel. He added, with a laugh, that no matter how hard you try to keep them clean they always go black.