Originally Posted by
merlinextraligh
Am I missing something? 32 spoke conventionally spoked wheel; you break one spoke,and its in true enough to clear the pads with the QR open.
In that scenario my thought process is do I risk the time of the wheel change, or go with with the wheel with the broken spoke.
DNF is not in my thought process at this point.
Are you guys saying that the risk of the wheel catastrophically fialing is sufficient it poses a safety risk?
+1 They're a bunch of wussies. Open the brake pads & keep going. I've done it before, no big deal. I wouldn't even stop pedaling if the spoke stayed in place and wasn't causing any problems. I've usually run 3x 32 spoke wheels, so the broken spoke is often held in place by the others.
Last edited by Homebrew01; 03-08-09 at 05:46 PM.