Originally Posted by GuitarWizard
I crashed last summer and was running a set of Bontrager Race Lite wheels that came stock on my Trek 5200....a paired-spoke wheelset. I hit a rock in the road at around 23 mph, hit it hard enough that it bent the crap out of my wheel (but didn't break a spoke...only bent it). Ride over. Now...would that have happened with a conventional 32 spoke wheel, I dunno....and I don't feel like trying it again to find out.
i doubt it would have. i also ride Bontrager paired spoke wheels, and while i do like them, they are harder to keep straight than standard spoke wheels because there is so much room between the pairs of spokes. at least that's what a LBS told me...
good luck with the MG wheels, i was actually looking to get a set for this summer, only with titanium skewers...