Originally Posted by
ClarkinHawaii
You're exactly right--I already told the owner that he will probably have more broken spokes, but he's old and poor and doesn't ride that much. So we're going to hope for the best and see what happens . . .

If there is a bike co-op in the area, perhaps you could get some help to loosen all the spokes a couple of turns and then re-true and tension the wheel. Might help, couldn't hurt.