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I mean flimsy to work with. As you know if the thread gets slighlty jammed, courtesy of alloy nipples or contaminants, it becomes extremely difficult to turn a nipple without damaging the spoke at the interface between the round and the bladed section.
I've always found CX-Rays to be the easiest spokes to build with, and that's always with alloy nipples. I lubricate the spoke threads before use, with Mobil 1 10W40 (I have a lot of it so it's convenient) and I've never had a spoke get jammed. In fact, the only time I've ever had spokes jam when building was when I tried using black brass nipples, which were a total bitch to use. Never again.
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I mean flimsy to work with. As you know if the thread gets slighlty jammed, courtesy of alloy nipples or contaminants, it becomes extremely difficult to turn a nipple without damaging the spoke at the interface between the round and the bladed section. I can only assume the super version to be much worse, in that respect. As I understand, you will save a massive 5-10 grams by going that route... I would expect even the more undeterred weight weenie to think it over...