Originally Posted by
Milice
I come in at 178 and 32 spoke wheels are where its at, The last 2 days of riding have included climbs, decents black top roads, crappy black top roads, fresh chip and seal old chip and seal freshly spread grave on a dirt road and a couple of plain dirt roads. Averaging around 20mph for both rides. Never have broken spoke on this set of wheels. Wheels have never got knocked out of true.
Many low-end bikes come with 32 spoke wheels which are poorly built and are prone to problems, but a nice set of 32 spoke wheels are great for training/daily riding and will outlast other wheels. In Lance Armstrong's Comeback 2.0 book you can see lots of pictures of him and Astana training in 32 spoke wheels, and those guys are definitely not clydesdales. They are the best wheels to use when you want to minimize the chances of problems on the road.