Hey Phil, Please contact us. We don't re-use nipples or spokes when we rebuild a wheel. Did we do it, or a LBS?
It was a crash replacement that I sent to you guys to do. No complaints with that part! You guys got me up and running for a big bike trip and sent the wheel express to a mates house half way across the country from me to get me going.
Just yeah I got a few months in and started breaking nipples. They're now on my hardtail which rarely gets ridden, in fact my wife uses it mainly to tow a kid around on in a trailer. The last nipple I replaced was last weekend and I re-taped, put sealant in with a tyre ready to lend out to a friend who was interested in mountain biking and I literally rolled out the garage and put a bit of horsepower into the pedal and broke a different nipple
. Packed it away and didn't look at it again haha.
I've got another set of Zelvys on my other bike and they've been flawless. And those other ones where too until the crash replacement. I just assumed old nipples, but maybe not.