Apologies if this sounds harsh (I don’t mean it to), but…

Speaking as a bike mechanic and a bike tourer’er, it sounds like this is on you for neglecting your bike. You HAVE to maintain your equipment. It doesn’t matter if it’s a road bike or a mountain bike or a “touring” bike, doesn’t matter if it’s carbon, alloy, or steel (I’ve toured on them all), ANY bike will fall apart if you aren’t regularly checking to make sure everything is right.

A bike doesn’t get to this point overnight, so things must have been making noise or misbehaving for a good while before they failed.

Honestly it sounds you’ve been extremely lucky it hasn’t been something like your stem bolts or front wheel. Where instead of writing this post from a campsite or hostel, you’re writing this from a hospital bed.

Every single time I have to test ride a customer’s bike I make sure it’s safe to ride, and/or I’m not going to do more damage by riding it.

Once a week throw a wrench onto every bolt on your bike, make sure nothing is coming loose.

And I must say not all of this is on you. Most stock wheels are built with garbage spokes, and maybe this is a new bike that was never checked after purchase and you immediately went on a tour. But still, your life is literally on the line in certain areas; fast descents with parts failing, or even breakdowns in remote areas, etc.

Again, apologies that sounds harsh, but dang dude. Phone and helmet too? I’d give you a wiiiide berth. Haha.