Quote Originally Posted by DebW
That's it? It's pretty? Harder or easier to true? More or less stress on the rim? Softer or stiffer ride?
Too funny! Yes, sometimes we do things just for the look.

Radial is much easier to build, to dish, to round, and to true. And it's so pretty spinning in the sun (I like silver rims and silver spokes). Tri-spoke is stronger and typically stiffer laterally.

Both are pretty old-skool, especially in the days of minimal spoke counts. But I wanted something on my road bike that I could train and race on. I've got a set of carbon tubulars just collecting dust because I love these wheels so much.

Funny thing is that I originally bought the pink Chris King hubs to build up for my cyclocross bike but since I built them during road season they ended up on my road bike. And since my road bike is white & pink, they look great. In another month I'll swap them over to my cross bike.

And they're pretty.