Originally Posted by
Kontact
Spoke tension stuff gets a lot of debate, but wheels come out fine with all sorts of different spokes and don't need to be built with magic combinations.
If I was using super light weight spokes, like 2/1.5/2 DT Revolutions, I would use slightly thicker spokes just on the driveside. But that's just making up for a slightly fragile spoke, not balance tensions better.
It would be good to know what kind of wheel you are building to advise you. You'll not the Alpine IIIs are intended for Ebikes and that sort of heavy use sort of wheel. What kind of bike are we talking.
It is a Bianchi frame that I am building up as a touring bike. I'd like to be able to load it up pretty well, so I'm definitely looking to build strong wheels.
Another question that came to mind but I haven't heard brought up in these debates is that presumably the spoke hole diameter is the same on both flanges of a rear hub, so thinner spokes on the left side would be a loose fit, which I have heard can fatigue spokes and cause failure.