Action 14G Stainless Steel 286MM 75PC Silver Spokes

hi I'm bill mold I've been building wheels for a long time something like 4,000 custom wheels under my belt most spokes are made of stainless steel like these here silver black they may be bladed stainless steel is a wonderful material to use in wheels and the overwhelming majority of wheels are made with stainless steel spokes there are other kinds though and I came across one of these recently in a wheel it was an absolutely terrible shape and so the title of this video is the worst spokes I've ever seen so here is a stainless steel spoke which just happens to be black and we have the neck up here where the head of the spoke is and then here are the threads spokes break typically from metal fatigue which occurs over a long period of time from rhythmic changes of the stress and strain on the spoke and typically the spoke just breaks up here or it breaks down here it's very unusual for