Spoke, and method of manufacturing a spoke

A method of manufacturing a spoke for a wheel of an at least partially muscle-powered bicycle, having a spoke body, wherein the spoke body in an installed position in a wheel, comprises a hub-side, first end and a rim-side, second end, and wherein the spoke body comprises at least one central section extending between the ends, wherein one end portion is attributed to each of the ends, and wherein one transition section each is disposed between the central section and the end portions,

• comprising the following process steps:
• reshaping a wire material to obtain a spoke blank by means of a forging device;
• wherein the spoke blank includes pre-stages of the central section and of the end portions and of the transition sections;
• wherein the pre-stages of the central section and of the end portions are forged cylindrically, so that the pre-stage of the central section shows a smaller diameter than do the pre-stages of the end portions;
• wherein the pre-stages of the transition sections are forged conically, so that they show a diameter decreasing in the direction of the central section;
• and wherein the pre-stages of the transition sections are each manufactured in a length, which differs by a maximum of one fourth from the pertaining length of the transition sections;
• inserting the spoke blank in a shaping tool, which reproduces a negative shape of the spoke body;
• and
• reshaping the spoke blank by means of the shaping tool, wherein at least the transition sections and the central section are each provided with a cross-sectional geometry different from their pre-stages.