Originally Posted by
seely
It's possible, but generally shouldn't happen. Spokes typically fail due to stress overtime (barring catastrophic accidents, like a derailleur going into the wheel). What wheelset are you running? How many spokes?
It's a 32-spoke 700C wheel for a cyclocross bike
http://www.mec.ca/AST/ShopMEC/Cyclin...cle-unisex.jsp
And it did break right at the nipple.