Originally Posted by
dubes
Robert (rpenmanparker), thanks for the steel wool suggestion. Gives me the opportunity to feel like I'm doing something, even if it's just a placebo.
And contango, thanks, I hadn't thought about how even a broken spoke would be held in place by its neighbors. May not need that hypnotist, after all. (Although krobinson, you're not helping! Joking aside, was this a high spoke count wheel?)
Mike
Keep in mind (everyone) that a spoke being held in place by its neighbors doesn't mean it is functional after breaking, just that it might not flop around. Lately I have been reading a few posts about people not knowing they have broken spokes and riding like that for a long time. Wut? I've broken a lot of spokes over 30+ years of active cycling. I knew immediately each and every time it happened. And every time I had to adjust the brake clearance and adjacent spokes to get home. I can't imagine how sloppy a road bike would have to be adjusted to mask a broken spoke, high spoke count or otherwise.