Joined: Mar 2008
Posts: 5,559
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From: The 'Wack, BC, Canada
Bikes: Norco (2), Miyata, Canondale, Soma, Redline
I'm not sure I totally agree with davidad on the need for 36 spoke wheels. I'm easily over 200 lbs with riding gear and a backpack on me. But not by much. I've ridden 32 spoke wheels for years now with no issues towards reliability or durability.
For ease of self maintanence stick with regular style spokes and spoke counts. No minimal or grouped spoke boutique wheels. Just good builds with 28 front and 32 spoke rear for unloaded riding with higher spoke count wheels for bigger loads.
Most of my own riding is stop and go sort of city rides. For this use light weight at the rim and tire will easily be felt as a bike that sprints to speed from a start a lot easier. From personal experience the lighter the rim and tire the more you'll feel like you're wearing a big Superman S on your shirt or jersey. But if a lot of your riding will be done on country roads where you ride for longer distances with none of the block by block stopn'go of city riding then the deeper dish streamline wheels may serve you well if you can keep up the sort of speed that makes their streamlining beneficial.