Patent ID: 7354114

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 said first and second end portions, in which said intermediate portion comprises a flattened portion that is flattened in a transversal direction Z perpendicular to said longitudinal axis X-X and extending along said longitudinal axis X-X up to said first end portion; wherein said first end portion is flattened in said transversal direction Z and is gradually joined to said flattened portion along said longitudinal axis X-X; wherein said first end portion comprises, along said longitudinal axis X-X, a pair of substantially cylindrical opposite side surface portions defining side and axial abutment surfaces of said first end portion configured to engage a hub of a bicycle wheel.