Originally Posted by
Dan Burkhart
The spoke head interference is not so much a concern as nipples that wont swivel to align with the spokes at the rim end, causing the spoke to bend at the nipple. That's the main reason I tent toward fewer crosses, particularly with eyeletted rims
That's why I built my Nexus 8 700c 2x, no problem for 11000kms (at that point a car hit me, wheel tacoed, rebuilt the same way, 3000kms more so far).