Before I have mine rebuilt with stainless spokes does anyone have definitive
experience that they don't break like chrome do, and over what period?
Mine are 17 years old now and have done about 45k. For the first few years
I had no breakages, then I started to get the odd one per year, then two,
etc. This spring I found nine broken, and after a 550 mile trip this
weekend have another two. I spoke (ho ho) to my rebuilder who will replace
them with stainless if that's what I want, but when I mentioned fewer
breakages he seemed doubtful and said "Well, they don't rust". None of mine
have rusted anyway, despite several wet trips each year, although with the
above mileage it isn't a daily driver of course and gets summer and dry
winter use. Standard stainless are quite grey in comparison to chrome, I'm
told there are polished versions but haven't seen any yet, but doubt they
'twinkle' like chrome do. That would be a shame in any event, but to find
they start breaking like the chrome ones do would be a complete waste, I'd
rather respoke in chrome.
So, anyone with experience of chrome and stainless spokes out there? And
also any source for a spoke spanner/wrench of the appropriate size for the
MGB?
Thanks,
PaulH.
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