How to prevent spokes from breaking?

Some general advice about preventing and solving spoke breaking on bicycle wheels.

CONTENTS:
00:00 Introduction
01:14 Why do spokes break?
02:22 J-bend vs straight spokes
03:22 Swagged spokes (double butted)
05:26 Extra thick elbows?
08:51 Spoke threads rolled
10:08 Spoke alignment
13:27 Wheel discussed
14:57 My experience
15:44 Thinner NDS spokes?!
21:25 Conclusion

Useful LINKS:

Bicycle wheel building basics (BikeGremlin website article):
https://bike.bikegremlin.com/9276/bicycle-wheel-building-basics/

Why wheels are built the way they are (and why radial lacing sucks):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vSdk0B0abeE

How more gears make weaker wheels:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JxTBHqnSW2Y

The T-shirt (BikeGremlin webshop): :)
https://shop.bikegremlin.com/product/tshirts/writings/a-refined-low-flight/

A list of BikeGremlin websites and channels:
https://www.bikegremlin.com/

List of all the BikeGremlin videos, sorted by categories:
https://www.bikegremlin.com/youtube/

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