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jono84
The front wheel built pretty easily, despite the finish being a little rough this was definitely one of the better, more round rims I've built. It came up to even tension quite quickly and was pretty easy to true. Tensioned to about 100kgf all around.
Rear one was a bit tricker, but this was the second time I've done this. I decided to go with 3x on the rear DS and radial on the NDS. Drive side done
The way I have built the rear is something I've read about in the past and learnt to do. As the rear wheel is so heavily dished, it can be tensioned about 70-80% DS only first, then a radial true is done as the majority of the radial tension comes from these spokes. After that, the NDS spokes are tensioned bringing the rim towards the middle and also truing it laterally at the same time. I was surprised how quickly I was able to build these as they were really quite straight and true.
You might be wondering why I have a 32h hub but a 24h rim, as this is a 16:8 the DS is effectively one half of a 32 spoke wheel. The NDS spokes skip every other hole which gives you 8. I decided to go heads in/elbows out as this gives you a slightly higher bracing angle and more lateral stiffness.
All done!