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Did you brake the actual spoke or nipple?
If the spoke snapped most likely you didn't have enough thread engaged in the nipple, possibly you had some leftover spoke twist and not enough tension.If your nipple broke, same as above. Not enough threads engaged, not enough spoke tension.
Also archetypes are known to chew nipples, mainly alloy, due to the narrow, silly v shape. Chamfering the spoke holes helps a lot.Or bad batch of spokes
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How well do the spokes line up with the nipples? Did you stress relieve properly?
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@busdennis
hi guys . my first wheel build has just popped a spoke after 700 miles. its the front wheel, Archetypes with sapin race spokes (24). is there any significance that it broke at the nipple end? (well impressed i could ride home (30 miles) with only minimal backing off of the brakes)