Originally Posted by
contango
So do front wheels if they have disc brakes.
When I broke the fourth spoke on my back wheel I bought a new wheel. For me it was the fourth occasion when I broke a single spoke, if you got a stick in the works and pinged four at once and then stopped riding it almost straight away the remainder of yours may still be good.
Not a disc wheel, yes, a rear wheel. No stick or accident but the wheel is only 3yrs old, less than 1,000km on it (bike is older, wheel was replaced more recently).
OK, it seems to me that another wheel replacement is in order.