The only "drawing" process that a spoke ever goes through is at the factory when it isn't even a spoke at all. It's actually more of a complex process than you would think. Straight-pull spokes require dedicated hubs.Īll DT Swiss spokes are forged into the diameters and shapes needed to suit the desired application(s). Straight-pull spoke: spokes that have no bend at the flared head, or in the case of DT Swiss Tricon wheels, spokes that are threaded at both ends. J-bend: the standard spoke head is bent at 90-degrees and looks like the letter ‘J.’ Spokes are forged using a radial forging (also, rotary swaging) technique. Tubing is also made using the drawing technique.įorging: squeezing metal in one or a number of steps into a smaller shape creates a more dense condition of the metal and helps to align its grain structure in a more desirable direction for a specific application. Straight gauge: wire, or a spoke that is of one constant diameter throughout its length.īutted spoke: a spoke manufactured with one or more thicknesses across its length, thicker near the ends and thinnest in the center span.īladed spoke a spoke that has been ovalized or flattened across its span.ĭrawing: pulling a larger-diameter wire through a smaller hole in a special ‘die’ to create a longer, smaller-diameter length of wire. Most stainless steel spokes are made and butted to one or a combination of 14, 15, or 16-gauge wire thicknesses (2.0mm, 1.8mm and 1.6mm). Gauge: refers to US/British standards for the thickness of wire.
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