Man, I saw this dude this weekend riding a SS cruiser downtown - complimented him on the bike, then took another look at it.

Had to ask "How many spokes to you have?"

Whatever the number was, it was over a hundred. He told me it was a good thing that he lived on the first floor, since the bike weighed over 50 pounds!!!

Here I am thinking of getting less spokes and lighter for my front wheel (bomb proof 36 spoke tandem now) and this guy has over 50 per wheel!

I dunno - just kind of shocked me. They were pretty and sparkly spokes too... I think he must have spent about as much time polishing his bike as riding it.