This may be because the Dunlops didn't used to be laced with stainless
spokes, but they are now, though I don't know when this began.
Rich
> I almost hate to jump in Rich because of your good esperience with them,
> but I feel I have to add my comments on Dunlop's. I added the chrome ones
> to my BJ8 in 1986. I can't tell you how many times I have replaced spokes
> that have broken off at the attachment points in the wheel over the years.
> It almost got to be a joke at the place who did the tire removal. I had
as
> many as 5 to be replaced at one time. Recently I discovered one spoke
> loose and decided to tighten it. The spoke snapped with the slightest
> pressure. My guess is that many more have become brittle.
>
> I will move to Daytons as soon as the pocketbook allows.
>
> Regards
> Tom
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