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Ever since Shimano started busting out all those 16/20 bladed straight pull wheelsets, I've thought that should be the new default for a nice wheelset... Imagine Shimano, instead of coming out with 37 slightly different varieties of them, had only changed them enough to refine the details, and actually made spares available including rims...
It might have established a new standard like ye olde 32/32, and custom-built wheelsets made with new parts could have continued to be a thing beyond the tiny number of 20th century style builds which persisted.