Originally Posted by
green horn
well
reading about long touring trips
seems like the broken spokes of rear wheel is VERY COMMON PROBLEM
even with standard size bike and average load
Too much weight, too few spokes = broken spokes.
That's what 32 and 36 spoke wheels are for and a reason to keep your load to sensible proportions. When I decided to try touring on a carbon frame I knew the stock Shimano R500 wheels (20 spokes front 24 rear) would be immediately replaced with some 32 spoke Open Pros.