> P.S. Chrome plated, steel spokes, undergo a process know as "plating
> embrittlement" when they are made, and after a few years they
> begin to snap
> like twigs, and will drive you crazy keeping them
> replaced..........I would
> suggest that you never buy them......only chrome rims with polished SS
> spokes.....
As a side note, Dayton wire wheels now come only this way (SS spokes instead
of chromed), for exactly the reason Clark quotes. They also claim their
wheels never need truing/tightening (but I'll believe that when I see it).
Randall
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