You guys are all an amazing wealth of knowledge. Now I've got a plan to solving my problem, and, with the post and advice from FamilyMan, I guess I'm not alone in breaking spokes. Since I am a big guy, I'm going to look into the 36 spoke wheels first. I didn't know there was anything higher than 32. Thank you all !!!

P.S., I did try to work the issue through Cannondale, but they were not very helpful and directed me back to my local dealer, who tried to be helpful, but just confused me.