Quote Originally Posted by captenaj View Post
All I know is they don't look like they have enough spokes. I'm concerned about durability/reliability. I guess I could learn to replace a spoke for an emergency but I would rather have them not break. How often to people have spoke problems?
Unless you are 200 lbs+ spoke breakage usually isn't much of a problem (or you are carrying that much gear!) My husband only suffered broken spokes were doing loaded touring - 6'4" man + gear......
He has raced on low spoke count wheels wheels and never had any problems with broken spokes or wheels coming out of true. I have never broken a spoke personally.