Well now I am up to my 3rd broke spoke on this wheelset. All spokes were driveside rear at the flange head.
This time it was 40 miles into a 130 mile ride. Miraculously it was wobbly but not wobbly enough to rub the rim brake pads nor the fenders so I found some twist ties at the open control grocery store and made do.
I am so baffled by these spokes (Wheelsmith DB14 Silver) because I used the same exact spokes (but in black) for my Elephant NFE wheelset which takes significantly more off-road abuse & camping kit weight.
I measured & compared the tension last time this happened and they are very close to the same amount of driveside tension measured on the Elephant.
Do you think I just got a faulty batch of spokes? Should I use different spokes from now on?
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