Originally Posted by
sstorkel
Sounds like you need to find a shop that knows how to build wheels. There's no reason you should be breaking Sapim spokes on a 36-spoke wheel after only a couple of hundred miles...
Agree.
I've built a few sets of wheels. One is a set on a mountain bike that has 32 1.8/1.6 spokes (lightest available 20+ years ago) and I've still got those wheels. I rode them off road a lot. Never broke a spoke and they have needed only a spoke or two adjustment over the years. I weighed 200 when I built them and up to 230 at my heaviest. I put a small dent in the back rim from bashing a rock, but never a spoke problem.