Half way home when I heard it go.
Time to get the wheel rebuilt or get rid of more weight.
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Or both….or only pedal on nice warm days.
Pedaling only on nice warm days is such a temptation! Get thee behind me!
Broken spokes are a bummer.
Since your broken spoke is from the hub’s non-drive side, my guess is weight isn’t the issue. Maybe the result of inconsistent tension between the spokes. Anyway, it should be a quick and easy fix.
Quick and easy, yes. I should be back out there soon. Jan always offers me her hybrid, but I have not taken her up on it. If need be I will use the roadie to get to work.
Two words…Fiber-Fix Emergency Spoke (well, OK, that’s three words or maybe four). And spare spokes that fit. A spoke change on the non-drive side can be done on the road fairly easily with a spoke wrench and tire-change stuff.
Of course you could just ride on warm days.
Fixing a spoke! That’s getting Out There for me. I am more of the “Dang!-another-spoke.-I’d-better-take-it-to-the-shop.” type. But I Will look into the FFES that you mention. But now I need a spoke wrench…. Life can get complicated on two wheels.
Some of my mountain bike friends have been known to ride weeks with a broken spoke or two, just make slight adjustments to the surrounding spokes to get the wheel semi true, not too big of a deal when you have disc brakes.
I broke 3 back spokes when a stuck got in my wheel at the begining of a ride. Did some creative spoke adjustment and finished the ride with no problems.
I tip my chapeau to a rider who knows how to roll with the punches and keep going!