Originally Posted by
ThermionicScott
A fun post-script to @
Drew Eckhardt's excellent advice is that Jobst Brandt arrived at the practice of stress-relieving (squeezing nearby spokes together forcefully) by attempting to find and break any weakened spokes on a problematic wheelset before hitting the road again:
Stress relieving wheels (Jobst Brandt; Mike Prime)
That was cool, I went to college with Mike Prime... He had a nice
Bianchi.
Back to OP, even if you could spot a pending failure, it wouldn't do any good... Too late. As others have noted, best course is a good wheel that won't fatigue.