Originally Posted by
Worknomore
Emergency spoke repair kits work until a spoke fails at thread in the nipple. A rare event but I have had it happen. I carry one and a few spare spokes and a hypercracker.
I'm not sure I understand. The spoke repair kits come with a nipple. If you can't reuse the existing nipple you have to remove the tire first but you would have to do that if you're going to do a regular spoke replacement anyway.