Originally Posted by
Urthwhyte
I think I should be able to ride a 22 spoke front wheel.
I think I see your problem. That's a 24h rim, and a 24h hub. If you only started with 22 spokes, you had an imbalance in there, leading to the early demise of the spokes you
did have.
Of course, that means you only broke 7 spokes, if you count what's remaining.