Wheel build help

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frankenbike

Okay, ignore that stuff about matching spoke lengths. Can someone eyeball this and tell me if it's stupid?

Front

Bitex BX106F	£49	125g
Pacenti TL28	£10	450g
Spokes	undecided	28 * 5g = 140g
Nipples	undecided	~20g

Front total	£59 + spokes and nipples	735g

Rear

Bitex BX106R	£100	230g
Pacenti TL28	£10	450g
Spokes	undecided	28 * 5g = 140g
Nipples	undecided	~20g

Rear total	£110 + spokes and nipples	840g
Total total	£169 + spokes and nipples	1575g

It'd for a gravel/road wheelset and I'm about 80kg. I'm not too worried about low spoke counts as I've been touring on 18-spoke wheels before and never had any problems - something to do with my riding style perhaps. I have a set of 36h, 600g-rim monsters for heavier duty stuff. I would build them myself but maybe have them checked over by LBS as I've only ever built one wheel before.

Can I do better OTP?

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cycleclinic in reply to @frankenbike

if you want spokes to be the same length that not possible for the front but is for the rear. you need to use a novatec D772 or D792 hub in 32H drilling.

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frankenbike in reply to @cycleclinic

Using D772/771 and TL28 results in 293mm on rear spokes and 293.1/293.7mm on front. If you split the spokes to 293.4mm each it looks like you get a 1mm deflection/dishing of the rim. Could you get away with 292mm spokes on every side in that case?

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