Originally Posted by
qmsdc15
I've used a lot of machine built wheels in 25 years messengering and only had two that popped spokes on a regular basis. And I've been around 200lbs for most of that time. The bent frame was only a guess, but it's not normal for machine built wheels to fail like this. Every bike that's sold as a complete bike has machine built wheels and they hold up fine 99 times out of 100.
As a professional mechanic, wheel builder, and frame builder who has worked on thousands of bicycles I would have to disagree with you... I have no faith in factory built wheels as I have seen too many of them fail even when the base components have been of very good quality they are not properly finished and de-stressed and this often leads to premature failure.