Originally Posted by Deanster04

Learned from an old master Spence Wolf. Another good book is Gerd Schraner's book The Art of Wheelbuilding. There are many ways to orient the spokes and you need first to understand that you need to understand something about the physics (don't let that word scare you) of the wheel and what is a pulling spoke, how the different braking methods affect the wheel. Sheldon is a fantastic start.