It works for me, l have similar on another bike . When l had my LBS check them they were absolutely fine and that was after about three months worth of riding!Woof.
@SkipdiverJohn , the rims are deep section and so don’t need so many spokes to hold then true....at least that is the theory
Its not saving weight as much as aero dynamics. The front wheel has less spokes and they are slightly thinner than the rear wheel spokes. The shape of the rims also help by reducing drag . Ideally there would be no spokes and a disc wheel .....now where have l seen those ?
If l can scrape the necessary together l will go for itI think you'd be surprised @SkipdiverJohn, I'm not saying they are good touring rims or anything, but I'm 13.5 stone and I've got a few sets of the similar Campag Shamal wheels with 16 spokes each, and I've done many 1000's of miles on them, mostly on London's crap roads, and they've been utterly bomb proof, never broken a spoke or ever needed to have them trued. I did have set of 12 spoke ones that cracked the rims though, that was definitely too few spokes for cake connoisseurs
@woodbutcher it's a nice looking bike for sure
My Shimano R500s are similarly spoked, and have no trouble with my 14 stone!I wouldn't fancy their chances of surviving long with my 14 stone sitting on them, I've got more spokes in each wheel of my bikes that that one has got in both wheels together!
Like the Carlton
