Long story short -- I need to build aero wheels around a 36H hub and want them to have 24 spokes, regular 2 cross symmetric pattern same on both sides, no dish required on this hub. In theory easy, just skip every third hole and indeed then I can line up one side so it becomes identical to 24H lacing with equal length spokes. However as the difference to the opposite side is 10 degrees (360/36) rather than 15 (360/24) that will then be 5 degrees off and require different spoke lengths. My suggested "solution" is to turn the hub 2.5 degrees so the offset is 2.5 degrees both sides, then the whole wheel can be built with 2 spoke lengths. To the eye it will look symmetric and even as it's only 2.5 degrees off, but in reality the crosses are no longer exactly along the spoke center lines.

As far as I can understand this will still not be a problem as the distribution of the two different spoke sizes are symmetric, ie each spoke is paired with a corresponding spoke of the exact dimension and angle that pulls in the opposite direction.

I've attached an image that shows the layout. My question is, will this work, or will there be some balance issues? As said I'm quite sure it will work but I'm no wheel builder expert, so I'd thought I'd ask here.


24 spoke wheel with 36H hub