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rims/spokes, I'd go to sjscycles.co.uk - A good cheap solid rim would be a mavic open pro. If you want something a little deeper, then the cxp22/33 are v good (but more expensive).
SJS have a huge range of spokes, I'd go for the DT Swiss double-butted competitions. Good strong spokes. Also you could get nipples from there (I'd recommend brass - better in the long run), as well as a spoke wrench (if you don't already have one of course).
As for the spoke lengths, try googling spocalc. I think that's what I used - it's basically a huge excel spreadsheet database of hubs/rims with a little script that splurges out the correct spoke lengths when you input the rim/hub combo. Pretty much infallible.
Hope this helps,
your friendly neighbourhood asm