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Originally Posted by DataJunkie
My wheelset made it to 5300 miles before breaking a spoke on the rear wheel drive side.
I have yet to break a spoke on a front wheel.
Front spoke breakage is very rare. I've only had it happen on one tandem that had bad spokes to begin with. Even mountain bikes...rigid ones at that...rarely break a front spoke.
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