Originally Posted by
mstateglfr
The one answer given is what i would have posted. I'm guessing it's what others would have posted too.
No point in a bunch of people posting the same comment over and again.
Get some shimano hubs, choose a quality rim with 32 holes, and use some double butted spokes.
I tend to agree. However cup and cone wheels, other than shimano and campy/fulcrum, does exist. My Fuji bike came with a pair of Oval branded cup and cone wheels. Cheapies, but work OK.
My main gripe with modern hubs is the idiotic rear wheel design, with the right hand bearing at or even behind the spoke flange. Its worse than old school screw on freewheels. Sadly even Shimano, Microspline does this now. I agree that classic shimano cup and cone hubs with a steel free hub body is still the best available. Id pick that for a wheel build.