Originally Posted by
Kontact
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.
I remember reading about forming the spoke head once years ago. I immediately decided that "I'm not doing that!". And to date I haven't. I've yet to break a spoke on any of the wheels I've built. And I just recently toured with 330lbs system weight riding some single track and rough gravel roads.
Even my first wheelset is still going strong under a rider even heavier than me. Built with DT comp's no less