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Building straight, round carbon wheels should be easy so long as you start with a rim that is straight and round.
Assemble loosely, check the pattern's right, wind the spokes til you can't see the thread, then go round the wheel adding half-a-turn until the tension's almost ridable. At this point you should have relatively even tension and the rim should be radially true (no major ups/downs) and close to dished (assuming the spoke lengths were right). Work on the roundness before the side-to-side.
Emyr
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The collective opinion of LFGSS community is pretty good overall. I probably won't go for China Carbon this time around because the weight advantage is marginal vs cost, and I watch too much Durianrider.
Another question regarding wheel building, does the quality of the LBS you go to matter much for the wheel build? I've seen threads where specific builders are recommended but I had initially just planned on either going to Brixton Cycles, Cycle PS, or Seabass Cycles.