Spokes ?

[Jameshow]

So has anyone on here ever had a wheel collapse because they didn't replace a broken spoke immediately?

This.

Yes...

It was my fault tbh, at the end of 400km in 24hr ride I took a bridleway over a hill and hit a rock...
I think the spoke broken at the rim surface deep section rim so probably fatigued at that point.
The wheel didn't collapse but the brakes rubbed badly.
Accidents happen esp when your tired.

 

[Pblakeney]

My Surly LHT had braze ons on the left chain stay for at lease two spokes, mighthavebeen three.

I have wondered what those grooves were for on my old Trek.

 

[presta]

Yes...

It was my fault tbh, at the end of 400km in 24hr ride I took a bridleway over a hill and hit a rock...
I think the spoke broken at the rim surface deep section rim so probably fatigued at that point.
The wheel didn't collapse but the brakes rubbed badly.
Accidents happen esp when your tired.

If you hit a rock I'd expect the wheel might get damaged with or without a broken spoke, are you saying that there was a spoke already broken, and that this was the cause of the wheel damage? I had a wheel with no broken spokes at all pringle when I hit a car.