So on my ride home, 1.5 miles into a 7 mile ride, I suddenly hear a loud pop. One of my rear spokes broke at the nipple and my wheel was WAY out of whack. I limped along at 10 mph the rest of the way home and the wheel got progressively out of true. now a part of my frame has a nice mirror finish with black rubber trim.

I had planned on replacing the wheel anyhow. It came with the bike and was permanently tweeked and was never 100% true. I don't have extra spokes, a truing stand, etc. So I'm just going to replace it.

But now I'm trying to be all fashionable. I put a black mavic open pro/ultegra front wheel on my christmas list (my front wheel is also crap) and if I end up with that, I'd like to have an actual set of wheels.

So far I've found them on Colorado Cylist for $220. Anyone know where I can beat that? Kind of on a thin budget here... The bike wouldn't even sell for 200.