So totally cool, just a bitch to try and sort when a wheel is buckled, had my front wheel done like it on my old '94 Lava Dome, people used ot ask me what was wrong woth the front wheel,
They outlasted my 16 spoke radial front wheel but then that was a special to order back in the early 90s. I had mine laced to deep(ish) Campag riim and the looked great but I do prefer the look of my cross rides now.