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Originally Posted by JohnJ80
In my case, i simply don't know. I'd be riding along and a spoke would just break. Always on the non drive side and always at the J bend where it goes into the hub. That means it had to be working the metal somehow.
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Non drive side should be significantly lower tension than DS, anyway. So DS should be popping first. Non DS spokes should be more likely to loosen. Hmm.

Wondering if you had spoke damage on the non DS.
Perhaps a pannier strap/hook came off at some point and got caught up in the spokes ?
Or sometimes even damage from a bike rack incident ?
Ben Hur situation ?

Anyway, good luck with the new wheel.
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