Road Wheels & Road Wheel Recommendations?

Or just get some cheap Tiagra hubs and leave it at that.

that is exactly what I have done 32 spokes. Surprisingly smooth for a cheap off the shelf wheel though I can feel it is not that stiff when pushing it up a steep hill

I will send my Royce hub back and see what they say. The certainly aren't bombproof.
they aren't even Mike proof

Well those wheels lasted 8 weeks before going completely out of true. That's a record for me though