Originally Posted by
Doohickie
Once you pop a spoke, it often starts a chain reaction because for the time you rode with the broken spoke, you overstress the spokes around it that take up the slack. So then the next one goes, then the next one. At some point you just gotta get a new wheel. For your weight, a locally handbuilt wheel is probably your best bet.
Yes, thank you dohickie - luckily I was aware of this because I had killed an earlier wheel by continuing to ride after breaking a spoke.
yesterday I hopped off the bike immediately when i heard the pop to avoid further damage. I'm inclined to repair this wheel for when i am (much) lighter and get a hand built wheel in the meantime.