Aero (bladed) spokes aren't so much of a pain unless they're hard to find when you need a replacement. Something like a J-bend Sapim Cxray shouldn't be too hard to get. I keep a few spare spokes for my wheels anyway, just in case, and they're all just boring round DT Swiss spokes.
Truing a bladed wheel requires using two hands, one to hold the spoke straight and one to turn the wrench, but it's not really any more work than round spokes. I'm rebuilding a bladed wheel right now and the biggest difficulty has been its paired-spoke lacing, not the spokes themselves.



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