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Oh and low spokes and very deep rims go well together cos the rims are usually very stiff on their own and can compensate for the lower spoke numbers.
Basically read the scan of the Jobst Brandt wheel book someone posted a link to that has about 80 pages of theory on the physics of wheels before he even starts talking about how to build one.