Hi all, I'm working on my first ever wheel build. I am following the process in Brandt's book. I just finished lacing the wheels and I noticed one or two things that may or may not be a problem so I wante to get an opinion from the field before proceeding.
1) The spokes are laced in the 'opposite direction' compared to before. So where an outbound spoke used to go left, it now goes right. See attached picture, and notice the wear pattern from the previous spokes on the flange to see what I mean.
2) It appears that every spoke that was inserted as part of the "first group" extends further than the rest. By this I mean that even though the nipple is screwed on about the same amount, it doesn't come down as far through the rim. See the second attached picture, it doesn't look very significant but appears to be a consistent pattern. i.e. every 4th nipple isn't as far into the rim as the others. This issue worries me more than the first, but I can't find any errors in my procedure so I don;t know if everything should work out after tensioning