Originally Posted by
Andrew R Stewart
Agree 100& w/ Francis. There is no reason but for ease of access to have the valve hole between parallel spoke pairs. Andy.
The problem is that many "paint by numbers" builders don't have a sense of the job in their heads. They can only follow the step by stem method outlined in whatever tutorial they use. For them, I suggest using a marker to
draw a valve hole in their rims one position over. Then all the instructions will fall into place for them.