Current Projects chat and miscellany

Will be embarking on my first ever wheel build in the next few months. Got the first components - Planet-X track hubs. Half price in their sale at the min:

Oh, and some cheap bar tape. Thinking of DIY'ing some bull horns, but haven't decided yet :)

Much more reading to be done on wheel building. Is it difficult to do without a wheel building/truing stand?

So, spokes arrived and I started lacing last night. I was following a few different tutorials and laced one side first (leading and trailing), and started on the other. Now I'm having problems getting spokes attached to nipples, due to tension from the rest of the spokes.

I'm wondering if I should of stuck with sheldon, and laced the leading spokes on both sides first. Thinking I'll dismantle and start again tonight/tomorrow with a clearer head... Just hoping I haven't got the wrong length spokes!