I’m building some wheels for my kids 24er and had lots of issues just finding spokes. I started off because a retailer had a sale on CX Ray’s at 99p…. (otherwise wouldn’t have gone for such expensive spokes)

Anyway…… to cut along story short I ended up getting spokes from 3 suppliers (given the less than common lengths needed)

8 of these came from one ebay supplier and ALL 8 are bent about 10 degrees (in the direction of the flat part)

Is this anything to worry about or will they pull straight under tension ?

I’ve got the hubs, rims and nipples …. and waiting to lace but wondering if I should or not!

hopefully not a single “crease” but a gradual bend ?

taking spokes out of a wheel inevitably puts a curve om them IM(ham-fisted)E
(and I’ve never worried about it but then ignorance is bliss)

Yep its a gradual bend but in the direction of maximum thickness (Given they are CX-Ray) …. which is the weird thing!

I’ve seen that occasionally, it’s to do with how it comes out of the die – pulls straight under tension.