I was wondering if you wanted the 26" to have 32 spokes since the 700c has 36, or if you wanted the 700c to have 40 because the 26" has 36. The reason both bikes have 36h hubs, I am sure, is 'cause they only have to buy one hub for all the completes they make regardless of frame size. If they were going to scale spoke count to frame size, I'm sure they'd put 32s on the <54cm frames because that's a standard item which would cost about the same as the 36h ones. They wouldn't spring for more expensive oddball 40h hubs for the 700cs unless they wanted to drive the price of 56+ cm frames past a point that would make any sense (if you're going to pay for that might as well just build your own bike). Although if they used 32s for the 26" to satisfy a sense of symmetry, I suppose the <54cm frame completes could cost less since they would come w/ 8 fewer spokes.