Originally Posted by
ehdeeboi
Thanks wphamiltom. It was fortunate that I was close to home when the spoke broke and my wife was able to pick me up. What if I couldn't get a ride home, could I have just tied the broken spoke to the one next to it (assuming it wasn't broken) and ridden home? Would that cause more damage to the wheel?
With 32 or more spokes, tying the broken spoke to its crossing spoke will get you home. You may have to open your brakes a bit as the wheel may no longer be true but should suffice for gentle riding back to base. It is possible that, if you have other spokes at risk, you might break additional spokes, which means you will need a ride home. The upside is that any spoke that breaks in this manner was probably on borrowed time anyway.