A spoke for a non-pneumatic tire, the spoke connecting a radially inner surface (162; 202) of a radially outer compliant band to a radially outer surface of a hub, the tire defining an axis of rotation about its center and a medial plane tangent to the axis of rotation, the spoke comprising: a radially outer support element (114, 142, 144) having a radially inner end (146, 156), a radially outer end (148, 158), a first side (174, 176) and a second side (175, 177); a radially outer elastomeric joint body connecting the radially outer end (148, 158) of the radially outer support element (114, 142, 144) to the radially outer compliant band, the radially outer elastomeric joint body positioned on said second side (175, 177) of said radially outer support element (114, 142, 144), the radially outer elastomeric joint body having a first surface (120, 124) on the same side of the radially outer elastomeric joint body as the first side (174, 176) of said radially outer support element (114, 142, 144) and a second surface (122, 177, 126, 175) on the same side of the radially outer elastomeric joint body as the second side (175, 177) of said radially outer support element (114, 142, 144), the elastomeric radially outer joint body having a thickness measured as the circumferential distance between the first surface (120, 124) and the second surface (122, 177, 126, 175) of the radially outer elastomeric joint body at a particular radial distance from a radial outer surface of the radially outer elastomeric joint body, the radially outer support element (114, 142, 144) further comprising one or more elongated reinforcements having a length and a thickness measured perpendicular to the length; characterized in that said elongated reinforcements have a flexural rigidity greater than the elastomer comprising the radially outer joint body, the radially outer elastomeric joint body further comprises an aperture (262, 264) positioned a distance no greater than two thirds of the minimum thickness of the radially outer elastomeric joint body from the first surface (120, 124) of the radially outer elastomeric joint body. a radially outer support element (114, 142, 144) having a radially inner end (146, 156), a radially outer end (148, 158), a first side (174, 176) and a second side (175, 177); a radially outer elastomeric joint body connecting the radially outer end (148, 158) of the radially outer support element (114, 142, 144) to the radially outer compliant band, the radially outer elastomeric joint body positioned on said second side (175, 177) of said radially outer support element (114, 142, 144), the radially outer elastomeric joint body having a first surface (120, 124) on the same side of the radially outer elastomeric joint body as the first side (174, 176) of said radially outer support element (114, 142, 144) and a second surface (122, 177, 126, 175) on the same side of the radially outer elastomeric joint body as the second side (175, 177) of said radially outer support element (114, 142, 144), the elastomeric radially outer joint body having a thickness measured as the circumferential distance between the first surface (120, 124) and the second surface (122, 177, 126, 175) of the radially outer elastomeric joint body at a particular radial distance from a radial outer surface of the radially outer elastomeric joint body, the radially outer support element (114, 142, 144) further comprising one or more elongated reinforcements having a length and a thickness measured perpendicular to the length; characterized in that said elongated reinforcements have a flexural rigidity greater than the elastomer comprising the radially outer joint body, the radially outer elastomeric joint body further comprises an aperture (262, 264) positioned a distance no greater than two thirds of the minimum thickness of the radially outer elastomeric joint body from the first surface (120, 124) of the radially outer elastomeric joint body.