Originally Posted by
MichaelW
With your current wheels, the only reason you are going to start snapping spokes if if your chain comes off the big cog and cuts into the drive-side spokes. Once that happens they will start to break over time.
You are travelling though bike-shop country so I wouldnt worry too much.
I usually carry a couple of driveside spokes but you also need a
gadget to remove the rear cogs.
Problem is that I have nerver really built nor trued a wheel so Id be more inclined to take the entire rim with me instead of having to incompetently play with this.