just for the hell of it, i took a stainless steel dt spoke & a generic chrome plated steel spoke, put them side by side in a vise & bent them back & forth until they both snapped. not to my surprise, the generic spoke snapped first. it took 5 more bends to snap the dt spoke. that confirms what one of the problems was on that wheel in addition to the lousy fit of those generic spokes. i guess the moral of the story is use name brand spokes on a wheel rebuild or be very sorry!