Wher'd u Get That Jacket?
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Bikes: Calfee Dragonfly, Lemond Poprad, Airborne Manhatten Project, Calfee Luna Fixie
It depends also on the kind of rim.
I'm 175 and I'm convinced that I could ride a front wheel with about 10 spokes and be fine. As it is my fixed that gets about 100mi a week commuting has a 20 spoke radial front with a Phil road hub and DT bladed spokes. I think that becuase the spokes are bladed, it keeps it from being all that flexy. That said I don't expect it to last a super long time - it is a Sun Mistral rim and they're rather delicate, but light. We'll see...