Originally Posted by
pierce
I would STRONGLY recommend your first few wheel builds be 36 or 32H conventional 3 cross.
all that fancy minimal spoking high tension cute crowfoot stuff is A) bogus and B) a real pain to lace and true. if you have half as many spokes, they each have to have twice the tension.
+1. Low spoke-count wheels aren't even lighter, normally. Sheldon explains all.
http://sheldonbrown.com/wheelbuild.html#spokes