Alpina Hyperlight Spokes

[joebusby]

I've seen brands offering these out on lots of different wheelsets as an alternative to cx-ray; on wheelsets for road, gravel and MTB.

Has anyone got any experiences on them in terms of robustness against their competitors? (DT aerolight, cx-ray)

[Petz]

I have just built a wheelset for myself using Alpina Hyperlite and Extralite Aero. Only rode it for a few hundred km so far, so can't really say anything about durability. I can just tell you they look and feel like their Sapim equivalents. Only Extralites are a bit beefier than CX Sprints.
However, since they cost only about half of what sapim charges, I had to give them a try

[TidyDinosaur]

I have just built a wheelset for myself using Alpina Hyperlite and Extralite Aero. Only rode it for a few hundred km so far, so can't really say anything about durability. I can just tell you they look and feel like their Sapim equivalents. Only Extralites are a bit beefier than CX Sprints.
However, since they cost only about half of what sapim charges, I had to give them a try

Same here. Build another set yesterday with the hyperlites.

[pipii]

Heard that hyperlite is more supple than super cx, any real world feedbacks?

[jlok]

I think metal spokes from major brands are composed of the more or less the same material and processing? So... spokes having similar profile and weight should have similar properties...

[BigBoyND]

I'd expect something like spokes to be very sensitive to metallurgy. Something "more or less" the same on paper can still feel different.

[jlok]

so what are the metallurgy applied to Super CX Ray and Hyperlite?

[pipii]

The diameter of the spokes ends are 2mm(hyperlite) and 1.8mm(super cx). My builder says Hyperlite transition section has been thickened and reinforced.

[Aeo]

Nice spokes, good feel when building a wheel. Very linear response. Highly recommended that the rim bed has spoke holes. Use something like Sapim Double Square nipples

If you like to work with the SPOKEY spoke wrench, you will be holding the spoke too far away from the nipple and it will twist

Need the DT Swiss TTSXXXXR05664S spoke wrench and their holder to build or adjust spokes from the hub side

[Hensem]

Nice spokes, good feel when building a wheel. Very linear response. Highly recommended that the rim bed has spoke holes. Use something like Sapim Double Square nipples

If you like to work with the SPOKEY spoke wrench, you will be holding the spoke too far away from the nipple and it will twist

Need the DT Swiss TTSXXXXR05664S spoke wrench and their holder to build or adjust spokes from the hub side

And if you assemble on rims without holes? Will it be much more difficult? I thought about buying AR25 rims without holes, H-works hubs and assembling wheels on them.

[Aeo]

If you use these tools, it won't work:

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Highly recommended to use these tools:

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