Originally Posted by cyccommute
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.
Probably because there is no dish in a front wheel. I don't expect to ever break a spoke on my SS MTB rear wheel. The hub takes up most of the 135mm space and the spokes aren't dished at all.
Edit: Oh, and I don't really ride it off road much. For my use, it's pretty much indestructible as long as I keep rigid objects from finding their way in the spokes while riding.