I'm surprised to hear about people breaking spokes, rims, and hubs. I'm a big guy, 6'2" -- 260# and I've put several thousand miles on old sun chinook rims laced to a LX hub with no name spokes and nipples that round off just by looking at them LOL. I used Tioga street slicks with GOBS of pressure. Many times I'd have the kid on the back in a bike seat. These rims have seen tons of miles on singletrack.. road.. you name it they've been there. The wheels were built by a bike shop in Minot ND of all places. When I swapped them with the Mrs. I needed to swap cassettes and noticed that the spokes were even gnarled when the chain went just a little too far a couple of times. I am at a loss why anyone would damage a wheel unless they are doing jumps or that stuff you see on real TV.. guy jumps off a friggin cliff with his bike
Reading all of your horror stories makes me cringe when I think about the machine built (I assume) wheels I just bought.. XT's laced to SUN Rhyno lites... I think the next time I'm in Minot ND I'm gonna have that bike shop at least touch the rims
Doug