Help identify this spoke?
08-15-15 | 10:40 PM
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Help identify this spoke?
I'm wondering if someone can help me identify the spoke brand from this photo of some wheels I'm looking at buying for my Paddy Wagon. I only know a few marks off hand and have tried this site (Spoke Head Identification Chart), but nothing looks right to me.
I'm hoping it's something simple one of you will know at first sight.
I'm hoping it's something simple one of you will know at first sight.
08-16-15 | 12:11 AM
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Is it important to have OEM spokes? Or can any correct length spoke work for you? Andy
08-16-15 | 08:49 AM
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Do you know the source of the wheel? Perhaps you could get info that way.
08-16-15 | 11:41 AM
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cny-bikeman: That's actually what I'm trying to figure out.
The hubs are Gran Compe, the rims are H Plus Son Archetypes, and I don't know of a factory produced wheel with those components (I know there are factory Wheel Master Archetypes with Formula hubs out there, but I've not seen them with Gran Compes). The seller seems honest and trustworthy, but not very knowledgeable about his gear outside of name brand recognition. He bought these on eBay and said he never knew what the spokes or nipples were (and didn't seem to care much). He's checking to see if he can find the sale in his eBay record to see if they were mentioned in the listing.
The price seems good, just curious about their build quality/provenance. The only thing I don't like are that the spokes, hubs, and rims are black, but the nipples are silver/nickle.
The hubs are Gran Compe, the rims are H Plus Son Archetypes, and I don't know of a factory produced wheel with those components (I know there are factory Wheel Master Archetypes with Formula hubs out there, but I've not seen them with Gran Compes). The seller seems honest and trustworthy, but not very knowledgeable about his gear outside of name brand recognition. He bought these on eBay and said he never knew what the spokes or nipples were (and didn't seem to care much). He's checking to see if he can find the sale in his eBay record to see if they were mentioned in the listing.
The price seems good, just curious about their build quality/provenance. The only thing I don't like are that the spokes, hubs, and rims are black, but the nipples are silver/nickle.
08-16-15 | 01:02 PM
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Hard to tell but it looks like it might be a "W" which would be Wheelsmith and they are great quality. Either way, if the price is right and the build seems good I would go for them and not worry too much about the brand of spoke.
08-16-15 | 01:13 PM
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08-16-15 | 03:17 PM
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Didn't read the OP, I see...
08-16-15 | 03:23 PM
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Just figured I'd throw it out there to see what people might have up their sleeves. Thanks for the help!
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