I do not like Black spokes and that is after having a wheel break most of the spokes within 500 miles from new. I know there are some good Black spokes out there- but there are a lot of "Poor quality material" that can be hidden under that black paint. Kept replacing the spokes with S/S but when I had more silver than Black ones- I ditched the wheel set. If the buider had used that quality of spoke- I did not want to know about the rest of the wheel. Returned them and got my money back.
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How long was I in the army? Five foot seven.
Spike Milligan