I personally like them for the looks, i'm not going to sit here and say that i can feel the difference since i can't base it on facts, even if i could setup some controlled test instead of "me and my friend.... ", the difference is so miniscule, that as soon as your can think you sense the difference, you start to think you feel the difference more and more, a phenomenon more commonly known as bull****.
I will say this for a fact though. My rear bontrager race rim actually broke as the bladed spoke ripped thru the rim (i guess it had to much tension or something, no clue what that rim's deal was), but the bladed spoke never broke. A week using my friend's spare wheel and i break 2 spokes on it, they where round. So bladded is stronger, weathre this is a good thing or not would be a case by case thing
