Originally Posted by
noglider
You are mistaken. A right spoke is in a right hole in the rim. Flip the rim around. Now the right spoke is in a left hole. This is a bad situation. The spoke reaches from the right flange to the hole on the left side of the rim.
Unless your (my new rims) rims are designed exactly for that, intended to be cross laced.
Of course, I wish I would have known that before I laced them the traditional (wrong) way. I had to redo both wheels.