Originally Posted by bigbikerbrian
ive had four spokes break on my rear wheel (crap(?) bianchi hub laced to cxp-22). ive never had this kind of failure on a wheel before, and i was wondering if anyone has had similar experiences.
Good question. I've been through five on my '05. I retrue them after each break and replace the spoke, so it is not a case of one breaking, and the other four following. Most of the breakage on the front wheel, which I had rebuilt with 14 straight guage DTs. much more solid feeling. The spokes broke at either the hub flange or nipple. So, I am attributing the failure to generaly ****ty spokes, not the fact that they were double butted and fancy.