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Ben689908
Jobst Brandt's The Bicycle Wheel is a fine substitute for experience; with a bit of sniffing around you should be able to find the epub for free (Brandt is no longer with us, so IMO it's cool to stiff the copyright parasites).
Sadly, he didn't make it to the point where advancements in materials allowed for durable 16/20h on light rims; I'd have been interested to see if that development would have altered his preferred spec