Originally Posted by
adipe
if spokes are having a large bend at the nipple because of the large flange of the hub and the 3x pattern then a solution to prevent spokes breaking at the nipple would be to properly bed in the nipples in the eyelets and also cause a permanent twist of the spokes at the nipple. it's called stress relieving.
That's an idea. At this point I am really wanting to look at new rims as I feel they are causing the problem by not allowing the nipples to point towards the spoke.