Originally Posted by
InTheRain
I'm out a frame, derailleur, cassette, back wheel, and chain.
If (as you seem to think) the derailleur going into the spokes was a result of the frame breaking, then there would have been little or no damage to the rear wheel - the derailleur would have been free to flop around. But your description of the damage is totally consistent with the common event of the derailleur going into the spokes and causing damage to the frame.