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Cheers tester and @thecycleclcinic
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withered_preacher
It's swings and roundabouts. It's objectively superior if the hub, rim and spokes are all designed together as a complete system, but for mix-and-match hand builds the benefits may not be fully realised. We have been using J-bend spokes for over a century without any serious trouble, and spokes are much better than they used to be so what issues do arise from having a bend have all but vanished.