Originally Posted by
harshbarj
If I've got my spacial arrangement right, the CR18 on that link is a normal "left hand" rim, i.e. the first spoke hole to the left of the valve stem is above the center line of the rim.
Your picture shows the spokes running the wrong way away from the rim but what does it look like around the valve stem? The spoke around the valve stem should look like this
DSCN0370 by
Stuart Black, on Flickr
They should be parallel to each other and parallel to the valve stem. It looks to me like the builder of your wheel didn't flip the rim before rotating the hub so the spokes are twisted the opposite direction from what they should be.