Originally Posted by
SamSam77
But I was worried about the 28-spoke-count for this wheel, being lower than all my other wheels I've used, and the resulting weakness mentioned by cyccommute.
However, the overwhelming consensus seems to be that this is probably due to a manufacturing defect of the wheel since these breakages are definitely unusual.
I built some 28 spoke wheels for time trialling, they were fine for commuting but I wouldn't have used them for the weekly shop. Is your wheel laced with butted or aero spokes or just plain gauge, and j-bend or straight pull? Exactly where and how have they failed? You might find that replacing the spokes with lighter butted ones on the NDS, and maybe triple butted on the drive side, will result in better balance of tension. Or you could just build some 36h wheels for touring.