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Can anyone do better than me at finding a black replacement spoke for a Shimano WH-RS30 rear wheel? It's NDS but apparently that doesn't matter.

So far I have £3 +£8 delivery from Rose Bikes, or £9 shipped off EBay.

There must be a better option?

I bought a Sapim CX-Ray spoke as that was easier to find quickly, and cheaper.

Is this going to work alright, or do RS30s have some kind of stupid Shimano proprietary spoke system which means I need an actual Shimano replacement?

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gbj_tester in reply to @tbc

do RS30s have some kind of stupid Shimano proprietary spoke system which means I need an actual Shimano replacement?

Pretty much. The spoke heads look a fairly ordinary size, so a straight pull DT (Sapim) spoke might work. The spoke cross section at 3.0×0.9 is somewhere between a New Aero (CX) and and Aerolite (CX-Ray), a DT AeroComp is probably the closest match for stiffness.

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