Originally Posted by
Mr IGH
I have done this with a 32H hub and rim. I wanted to match my 24H DT wheelset with a dyno hub and I had a smaller 1.5W hub in-hand. The bike has disc brakes so I laced the disc side 3x and the non-disc side radial. I used a DT R460 rim with 16 spokes on the disc side, 8 on the non-disc, aero/bladed. Works great, I have ~1000 miles on it without any issues. Handles just fine. I got the idea from my Mavic Askium rear wheel which is laced in a similar manner and has performed flawlessly for over 10Kmikes with my >230lbs on it.
I got a kick out of the thread ksryder referenced where the internet road-runner physicists predicted disaster on this configuration. Wasn't worth the time to try and straighten them out. An earth science background isn't not going to get them through simple statics....
Skipping spoke holes on the rim is a bad idea. Rims have very little strength of their own, and having gap with a hole in it is just giving the rim a chance to collapse.
You can get away with it more with a fat tire, but still, bad idea.