Patent ID: 7735936

Claim:
A spoke for a bicycle wheel, comprising an elongated body of metallic material extending along a longitudinal axis X-X comprising: a first end portion for the attachment to a hub of a bicycle wheel; a second end portion for the attachment to a rim of a bicycle wheel; an intermediate portion between the first and second end portions, in which the intermediate portion comprises a flattened portion that is flattened in a transversal Z-direction perpendicular to the longitudinal axis X-X and extending along the longitudinal axis X-X up to the first end portion; wherein the first end portion is flattened in the transversal Z-direction and is gradually joined to the flattened portion along the longitudinal axis X-X; wherein a first end portion thickness flares outwardly to a terminal end of the spoke in the Z-direction with respect to the flattened portion.