bikeworkshop
Senior Retro Guru
the modern fad for what seem to me, to be extremely low spoke counts, I just don't get at all.
fair enough on some high end weight weeny race wheel, but even budget shimano's have like 16 spokes these days
fewer than 32 spokes, you'll struggle to ride with 1 broken on a rimbrake bike.
Disc is more forgiving, and rim materials are way stronger than 30 years ago.
So there's not much incentive to keep 32, except for its beautiful symmetry.
28 or fewer -
It's cheaper
It's lighter
It's more aero
Personally I've not got a single bike with <32
Apart from twmbb obvs:
Colnago Master Gilco '96
Mid 90s colnago, the very end of quality steel race bikes - built to ride nicely all day, built before race radio, team and rider micromanagement and marginal gains started to eat into the personalities on the road. This frame has every known colour in the universe on it, and a few unknown...
www.retrobike.co.uk
Which has hardly got any