WWS spokes imitations
Example 3
Stainless steel spoke

Imitation

Imitation

Imitation
- Metric thread (M3.5) with reduction from 3.42 mm to 3.13 mm
- Unpolished surface – wire is very rough
- Dents evident around the hook
- Rear head angle of the spoke head is wrong
- Upper flank diameter exceeded and therefore not to gauge
- Upper dimensional limit of the external diameter exceeded at the thread
- Thread not uniform in shape and too short
- Spoke nipple wobbles on the spoke – a first sign of poor gauge accuracy
- The nipple supplied can be turned on the spoke – poor gauge accuracy
- Go/no-go gauge almost falls through the nipple
- Reproduction of the cloverleaf logo tends to merely suggest the outline
