Wheel and spoke, in particular for a bicycle

A wheel of an at least partially muscle-powered bicycle, comprising:

• a hub and a rim;
• the hub is connected with the rim through a plurality of spokes wherein at least one of the spokes comprises a spoke body having two ends remote from one another, namely a hub-side, first end and a rim-side, second end;
• the hub-side end is connected with the hub and wherein the rim-side end is connected with the rim;
• the spoke body is configured elongated and comprises over at least a longitudinal region in a longitudinal direction of the spoke body at least one flattened cross-section substantially accommodated in a longitudinal plane;
• the spoke body comprises a first end portion thickness in a first end portion at the hub-side first end transverse to the longitudinal plane;
• the spoke body comprises a second end portion thickness in a second end portion at the rim-side second end transverse to the longitudinal plane;
• the spoke body comprises in a first center region disposed closer to the first end portion than to the second end portion, transverse to the longitudinal plane a first center region thickness that is less than the first end portion thickness;
• and
• the spoke body comprises in a second center region disposed closer to the second end portion than to the first end portion the flattened cross-section comprising a second center region thickness transverse to the longitudinal plane that is less than the first center region thickness.