Originally Posted by
pdlamb
Tensile strength of spokes is almost completely irrelevant. Most spokes that break break from fatigue, IME.
According to the ASM International
Elements of Metallurgy and Engineering Alloys, 2008, they are related.
For a large number of steels, there is a direct correlation between tensile strength and fatigue strength; higher-tensile-strength steels have higher endurance limits.