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The wheels are an older set of Neuvations that I have had chronic spoke failures on since day one. It's the rear wheel on the drive side. I even sent them back to be rebuilt and then sure enough after about a month I start hearing this creaking sound and another two rides or so later and Ping! Broken spoke. I am 200lbs and these are 24 spoke wheels but I think the design is just shiddy so they keep breaking.

So I googled up "strongest bicycle spokes" and it appears that the Sapim Strong are at least this companies strongest offering. Interestingly I have always been told that double butted spokes were the strongest and these are merely single... but alas.

My idea is to buy 12 Strong spokes and rebuild the drive side of the wheel by removing one spoke at a time and truing up. Does that sound feasible? These are carbon hoops some 30mm deep or so, so they are pretty stiff rims.