A customer brought in a Racing Quattro (Italian bicycle brand) for service. Really want to measure the rim weight

As you can see,

a spoke is broken.
This type of break only happens when external force is applied, but

the spoke next to the broken one and

the spoke next to that one both have damage.
I feel like I've seen something similar before,
and again, I didn't replace the third spoke which only had minor scratches and no bending.

Fixed.

The spoke next to the broken one—
it only had scratches with no bending, so I was hesitant about replacing it,
but the damage was deep, so I replaced it.

As you can see,

a spoke is broken.
This type of break only happens when external force is applied, but

the spoke next to the broken one and

the spoke next to that one both have damage.
I feel like I've seen something similar before,
and again, I didn't replace the third spoke which only had minor scratches and no bending.

Fixed.

The spoke next to the broken one—
it only had scratches with no bending, so I was hesitant about replacing it,
but the damage was deep, so I replaced it.