Originally Posted by
joejack951
Shimano made some road wheels some years back where they put the nipples at the hub and had the spokes exiting through the more vertical section of the v-shaped rim. Similar concept to what you are suggesting but not as extreme.
The somewhat boring reality here is that regular designs survive well enough that I can't rustle up the commitment to build something myself, even if it would be clearly better by a decent fraction.
Imagine a rear wheel with the DS spokes anchored on the NDS brake track - a huge improvement in spoke tension balance.