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Sounds like you need to see a wheelsmith. I used to work for a guy named Mark Robinson that could build you a set of wheels that you WOULDN'T break. He built me a set of 5 cross asymetrical Mavics with Phil Wood hubs for my MTB that I absolutely hammered on, and they never went out of true, let alone bent. I ended up selling them at cost to a tourist who just kept breaking spokes left and right. He sent us a postcard from California saying he never broke another spoke when his tour was over.
As an aside, If you ever toured cross country, and stopped in Carbondale Illinois, at the Bike Surgeon from '87 - '90 , we've probably met, and I probably worked on your bike. We did all repair work on tourist's bikes for free labor, and parts at cost. You just had to sign our wall, and send us a postcard. Mark would even put you up for a few days in his old supermarket that was converted into an apartment. Man those were good times! Met some truly neat people back then.
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Brent
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