Now that Kevin has extolled the virtues of Hi-E products :-), here's a nifty little trinket for sale: HiE rear hub, 40 hole (24 drive, 16 on left), don't think it was ever spoked. Beautiful beastie, magnificent conversation starter and dust magnet. Will include a "generic" skewer. How about $1/hole, or $40 shipped in CONUS?
In answer to Jerry Moos's question, the time trial hub has a barrel diameter just over 19 mm. I can't see how the rim would know the lacing in an important way, unless you had really, really, really, high flanges and a tangential (x3 or 4) lacing so the spoke entered the rim at an angle really far from the radius. But, there were some rims that had angled ferrules or holes that did want specific lacing patterns. I particularly think of the Weinmann wire-on with the domes at each spoke hole.
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Also, if you happen to have one of the HiE time trial super light front hubs, DO NOT use a conventional QR skewer, as the pressure will compress the axle to the point of the fork ends rubbing the hub shell. Experience talking here, as I made the mistake. That's why HiE made that scary little wingnut-style skewer.
I rode HiE hubs back in the day, and in my opinion, they were GREAT (except for that TT front hub). Looking forward to building a High/Low rear hub up for future use that I recently purchased. The rims are simply too light and FRAGILE for actual use in my opinion.
Regards,
Kevin Kruger - Grantville, PA