Originally Posted by
jnbrown
I have never been a fan of low spoke count wheels.
I have been building my own wheels for some years.
The problem is if you break a spoke on the road, its ride over unless you have a spare spoke and are able to install it. ...
I broke a spoke on my eight year old front Zipp wheel last month and it wasn't ride over. We rode it 15 miles home with no problems other than a slight wobble. We did take it very easy and kept the speeds low but it got us back with no problems. I had a 36spoke wheel break two spokes at once 15 miles outside of Brest (France). I wasn't able to fix it and was barely able to get the bike back to town...