bought a used alum. soloist a few months back and have been really enjoying it. Did a mini sprint in San Dimas, I'm hooked. This morning I was doing a short brick workout & heard a snap, then rim rubbing against rear brake. I broke one of my rear spokes. Got it home - now what.

My wheels say Ritchey WCS OCR on the side, they have 16 spokes. Now minus one. My question is, I am on the heavy side now 195 down from about 215 3 months ago. Can the spoke be repaired? It broke at the base where it appears to attach to the hub. Now another one of the rear spokes has a funky kink in it. If I have to buy new wheel, what do you suggest for someone of my size/ weight, that would be durable and light as possible?

mahalo

You just have to replace the spoke and retrue the wheel. If it's on the drive side you have to take off the cassette to do it. Pretty easy repair. Probably $15 at the LBS. My suggestion; go to the LBS, ask them to let you watch as they do it. Buy a couple of extra spokes, and next time it happens you can fix it yourself.
If you find yourself repeatedly braking spokes, its time to get a new wheel, or rebuild the existing wheel.

You are a torque monster, snapping spokes like a mad man.

Seriously though, take you wheel down to the local shop and have a new spoke put in and get the wheel trued. It shouldn't be very expensive and you will be ready to go again.