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1. [MGS] Chrome wires (score: 1): Author: "Paul Hunt" <paul.hunt1@blueyonder.co.uk>; Date: Mon, 7 May 2007 16:34:52 +0100; 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.; /html/mgs/2007-05/msg00010.html (7,996 bytes)
2. Re: [MGS] Chrome wires (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <max_heim@sbcglobal.net>; Date: Mon, 07 May 2007 10:04:56 -0700; I am surprised that respoking your chrome wires would be considered economically feasible. My 2006 Moss catalog lists the retail price of short chrome spokes at $11.95 (40 required), and the long one; /html/mgs/2007-05/msg00011.html (9,362 bytes)
3. Re: [MGS] Chrome wires (score: 1): Author: Rod Williams <PRNDL@sonic.net>; Date: Mon, 07 May 2007 11:04:39 -0700; Back when I ran an E-type Jag, about 10 or 15 years ago, I was told by a reliable supplier that the current production of chrome Dunlop wheels came from Asia and the process of chrome plating definit; /html/mgs/2007-05/msg00012.html (7,494 bytes)
4. Re: [MGS] Chrome wires (score: 1): Author: Barney Gaylord <barneymg@mgaguru.com>; Date: Mon, 07 May 2007 14:25:23 -0500; That answer is easy (and sort of fun). There will be multiple steps in the distribution system, each with a price markup resulting in a huge difference in retail price compared to cost of manufacturi; /html/mgs/2007-05/msg00013.html (8,113 bytes)
5. Re: [MGS] Chrome wires (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <max_heim@sbcglobal.net>; Date: Mon, 07 May 2007 13:29:19 -0700; Yeah, yeah, I'm not completely ignorant of basic economic principles, but even our local Northern California wire wheel shop told me it wasn't economical to "rebuild" them (not even including complet; /html/mgs/2007-05/msg00014.html (10,082 bytes)
6. Re: [MGS] Chrome wires (score: 1): Author: Barney Gaylord <barneymg@mgaguru.com>; Date: Mon, 07 May 2007 16:03:00 -0500; Yup, usually true. Cost of labor is prohibitively expensive in North America. Maybe hard up for business and workimg real cheap that day, or otherwise he thinks he is very fast. Wire wheel assembly i; /html/mgs/2007-05/msg00016.html (9,610 bytes)
7. RE: [MGS] Chrome wires (score: 1): Author: "Charley Robinson" <charleyrob@charter.net>; Date: Mon, 7 May 2007 19:49:24 -0400; I've had chrome wheels with stainless spokes on my TF for more than 13 years and several thousand miles with no broken spokes. You'd be hard-pressed to tell the difference between the stainless spok; /html/mgs/2007-05/msg00017.html (8,052 bytes)
8. Re: [MGS] Chrome wires (score: 1): Author: bill king <bilking@comcast.net>; Date: Mon, 07 May 2007 19:59:21 -0400; Having just respoked a 36 spoke wheel off my new, old 1969 Penton motorcycle I can say that manually re-spoking is a bear. I did save the spokes, wire brushed and painted each one. But it is therapeu; /html/mgs/2007-05/msg00018.html (7,279 bytes)
9. Re: [MGS] Chrome wires (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <max_heim@sbcglobal.net>; Date: Mon, 07 May 2007 19:50:20 -0700; But again, we are not talking about mass production (we already know that is why complete wheels are so relatively cheap), we are talking about hand assembly by a local mechanic. Otherwise, very good; /html/mgs/2007-05/msg00020.html (7,759 bytes)
10. Re: [MGS] Chrome wires (score: 1): Author: "Paul Hunt" <paul.hunt1@blueyonder.co.uk>; Date: Wed, 9 May 2007 10:31:19 +0100; Just got back to all these from a 550 mile trip to Cornwall, with another two broken spokes. Thanks Charley, that gives me some confidence. Thanks also to Gary and Max for a source for the wrench. As; /html/mgs/2007-05/msg00025.html (10,588 bytes)

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