To all you 29er's out there!

Well I have put in an order of the subs from CRC, and going to give the P35's a run. Velocity do a specific tubeless rim tape for them that works very well so will give it a whirl. Since I've never tried building my own wheels, and this isn't a set I'd like to learn on I need to get them built. Living in Brisbane I can get the bike shop to send them off to Velocity and get them to build them up using Sapim CX-Ray spoke, or get the shop to do the build with DT Swiss Comp, Velocity works out a fair bit cheaper, well a lot cheaper actually. Will wait till the hubs arrive to decide.

Having built mine myself. I will be using DT swiss super-competition spokes for all my disc brake wheels in the future.

They are light and narrow by the rim (where the weight maks most difference);
they are fatter towards the hub (To add stiffness near the disc brake); and
the narrow threaded end means you're nipples are fatter (which is good for alu nipple users).

CX-rays are the daddy of spokes though. Just never used them off-road.

(The Hope hubs are sweet BTW)