Originally Posted by
utoner34
Sorry, forgot to mention in the first post, I am using my bike for touring, carrying up to 25+ kg of weight plus me being a big person ads up on wheel.
I guess I will try 32 hole when the time comes, so to keep it within reasonable cost.
A 36h wheel is not going to really change the cost by much aside from 4 more spokes and nipples per wheel but get the right wheel for the job and don't skimp out on it if you are worried, a good handbuilt wheel with quality parts is going to last a long time. Look at it in long term costs. A set of say White Industries hubs, Velocity Rims and Sapim or DT Swiss Spokes and nipples may seem expensive if purely looking at initial cost but if I have that wheel set for 10-20-30 years and I rarely have to deal with it or worry about things coming loose that is money well spent but if I go for something cheap just because it has a spoke count and I have to keep truing and or replacing spokes or replacing wheels that is not worth it for me.