"DT Swiss just figured out how to make their lightest ARC 38 aero carbon road wheels almost 10% lighter, and even stiffer, by switching to aero carbon spokes. High-quality stainless steel spokes may be one of the brand's three key wheel manufacturing pillars - alongside trusted hubs & rims. But the Biel, Switzerland-based company isn't entirely stuck in its ways, it seems. And these new carbon-spoked wheels look like they are the first of many more to come."
"This is the first complete wheelset that I can remember that does not use DT Swiss spokes! DT Swiss as a bike industry manufacturer, may have recently celebrated just their 30th anniversary in modern guise. But their origins date back to the 17th-century as a steel wireworks, which gave rise to bicycle spoke production in the early 20th century. They've certainly evolved more high-tech spokes in recent years, but they've always been steel."
"While DT Swiss' communications on these new lightweight climbing wheels are quick to point out that the Carbon Spoke-specific carbon rims are in fact manufactured in-house by DT, there's no explicit mention of where the carbon spokes come from. Then, deep down in the spec list, the spokes are listed as " VONOA aero carbon t-head" spokes with " VONOA hidden aluminum " nipples."
DT Swiss reduced mass and increased stiffness of the ARC 38 aero carbon road wheels by switching to aero carbon spokes, achieving nearly a 10% weight drop. Carbon Spoke-specific rims are manufactured in-house by DT Swiss while the spokes are specified as VONOA aero carbon T-heads with VONOA hidden aluminum nipples. VONOA supplies carbon spokes to other wheel brands and is connected to Chinese composite manufacturers producing similar spokes. The design change mixes DT Swiss rim and hub manufacturing with outsourced carbon spoke technology to improve climbing wheel performance.
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