Originally Posted by
cleansheet
I had this happen 3 times with the stock wheels (Alex) that came with my Jamis Ventura Comp that I bought in '07. Purchased a new set of Mavic Askium's in '09 and have never had an issue since.
Heh, heh. I bought a pair of Alex wheels. Once. Based on my experience, they must use some patented technique that guarantees that no two spokes will have the same tension.
The OP doesn't have Alex wheels, but sounds like someone else is infringing on this technology -- after the rebuild, everything should have been OK. This is not a spoke count problem. Until I bought those crappy 28 spoke Alex wheels, the highest number of spokes I ran was 24 (lowest was 16). I ride with panniers and have never broken a spoke. I ride many years and many thousands of miles and my wheels stay true (except for Alex).
Odds are the LBS screwed up and the approach suggested in an earlier post is probably the ticket.