the spoked wheel performs very well, heck its been around (not necessarily the spoked bicycle wheel but a wheel with spokes) for a while, and had a long time to develop so it cant be that bad! Its perfect for that it does, how the spokes deal with the loads placed on it and whatnot. Im not gonna bother with one of those 3 spoke wheels or whatnot, it would suck if you broke one spoke or whatnot