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A few people have advised to use 36 for the first attempts.
You'll probably have read on this thread plenty of suggestions that people start with a 32H build, but 28 is close enough. The smaller the spoke count, the less tolerance you have on the spoke tension; that's why people don't usually start out with one of these:
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My 'look inside' comment probably looks a bit snide in hindsight, I was more referring to 'looking inside' to gauge whether the content was too advanced before buying a copy.
Got a couple of leads now thanks to you guys, tempted to try Zinn because I like the title. Don't feel so bad about just getting stuck in on the frame with the basics now aswell. Posted the same q on retro bike and the consensus was unless I'm going into full scale production then the frame would be fine, got a good tip about hanging it rather than upside downing a whole bike.
With regards to rims, will probably stick with rims I've ridden in the past, however a bit put off using my 7700 hubs now which are 28/28. A few people have advised to use 36 for the first attempts. Think I'm going to respace an old freewheel hub and build a singe speed rear for the first attempt then I'll maybe build up to a dished wheel next time round.
Thanks for the advice so far, I'll update the thread with some results soon hopefully.