Assuming you meant to keep it at 32 spokes but radial lace it for weight and aerodynamics, I would agree with you completely. A lot of people out there warn you not to radial lace, but it seems that it only becomes a problem if you are crashing (apparently, a radial laced spoke can pull right out of the hub under the forces of the crash. I have other things to worry about while crashing, and if I do I can probably save up for a new wheel while recovering. With that in mind, my velodrome and road bikes had radial fronts for all races (4x or 3x for training though) and I never had any problems. Not even needing to true them often.