Originally Posted by elcruxio

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