You really couldn't. I have a pair of Shimano WH-R560 wheels (similar to Kimmo's) with 16 bladed radial front spokes and 20 bladed, radial DS, 2X NDS spokes and they have been absolutely bulletproof and true over 15,000 miles of rough roads so far. However, these wheel hade relatively deep section, very rigid rims and the spokes measure 1.44 x 2.54 mm at the bladed section so they are also pretty strong.