Originally Posted by
curbtender
Go and have the spoke measured and see if they have one. It doesn't take more tan 10 minutes to replace. Let them know it's your main ride. I'd think they'd understand.
+1 Any lbs/tech telling you otherwise is a lbs not needing your future business. The fact you were able to ride w/a broken spoke is a testament to the wheel build in the first place. Especially if you were hauling weight of any significance.
It's really not that hard to replace spoke/retrue wheel. What's needed is a chainwhip, cassette/freewheel tool(do a googlesearch), wrench/spanner same size as cassette tool and a same size spoke. Go to
www.sheldonbrown.com for step by step instructions. Valuable resource.
The main thing is to replace the spoke and true the wheel asap, however you decide to do it.