Originally Posted by
Squeezebox
Are the mountain bikers using carbon rims?
I know a roadie who has second thoughts about carbon rims.
I've also broken 3 spokes in 3 days on the
front 32 spoke wheel on my CX bike. They were well built wheels, but had seen hard use. They failed on a tour that was almost all pavement. The front wheel was not heavily loaded. BTW I weight 155 lb.
If you feel good about your rims, go for it. Just have a plan B, just in case. I wouldn't take my road bike which has 24 ( front is radially spoked) spoked wheels. There are are also other reasons I would not take my road bike; comfort being one of them.