• are there any real advantages of that spoke pattern that would justify the looks?

    Only on the rear, where 16 drive side spokes give the strength of a 32 spoke wheel, and 8 nds are enough to provide balance. They've stopped doing the fronts like that because even Campag eventually realised it was dumb.

  • Interesting, thanks for the answer! Could there be marginal aerodynamic gains on the front wheel? Tastes differ, I have my own guilty pleasures like the mavic starfish and look ergostem.

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