The influences of swing rolling forging and closed die forging on the properties of the wheel spoke were compared by experiments, and the microstructures of spokes under two types of forging process were observed. The following conclusions are obtained that the deformation of spokes is relatively large, and the grain boundaries are blurred to make the grains show fibrous structure along the rheological direction of material. However, the above fiber structure distribute along the spoke contour without cutting, and the mechanical property is higher. Affected by the closed die working principle, the distribution of its grain along the flow direction is more uniform, and the average grain size is very small. Under the same background conditions, the products obtained by swing rolling forging have better grain size and relatively better overall performance in the local area. All in all, the two forging methods can make the grain refine at the spoke, and the fiber structures here enhance the radial strength. Finally, after verifying by the test, they both can meet or even exceed the using standards.