Originally Posted by
FBinNY
If the spokes aren't yet broken, I'd simply realign the wheel and ride until they start to break. It could take weeks, months or even years. Meanwhile you're riding, and who knows what may happen. The only reason to replace those spokes now vs. the future is if you're planning a long tour.
If you do remove that many spokes, that will detension the wheel, and possibly distort the rim, so detension everything by degrees before pulling these spokes. Odds are you'd have anyway to get to a decent starting place to align and evenly tension the wheel.
Even if he replaces them one at a time?
I've replaced single broken spokes for years without distoring the rim...
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