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From: Rochester, NY
Bikes: Stewart S&S coupled sport tourer, Stewart Sunday light, Stewart Commuting, Stewart Touring, Co Motion Tandem, Stewart 3-Spd, Stewart Track, Fuji Finest, Mongoose Tomac ATB, GT Bravado ATB, JCP Folder, Stewart 650B ATB
Spokes more often break due to fatigue than incident. Rider/load weight is but one factor but not the biggie IME. Number of spokes sharing the stresses and rider smoothness are important too. Initial build "quality" can be lacking on new bike wheels and spoke tensions often are not paid attention to on bike assemblies.
As to carbon rims not coming out of true... I wouldn't say that. And they can and do still have broken spokes happen. Andy
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