Originally Posted by
cyccommute
Eric Hjertberg, founder of Wheelsmith and Wheel Fanatyk would disagree.
Spokes are also thin pieces of wire that are fairly easy to bend. Thinking that they are springs that are stiff enough to resist bending is silly.
That fails to explain why you have broken many spoke elbows and pros like me never break them.
Additionally, anyone who believes the spokes are going to straighten on their own is saying they fully expect their wheels to lose tension. Who builds a wheel like that?
Not anyone that learned wheelbuilding from Wheelsmith.