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?
Yes, that works.
There is also this
https://www.amazon.com/FiberFix-Emer.../dp/B001GSMQZC, which I'd like to have handy but never gotten around to buying. I did the same thing once with a brake cable tied to the broken spoke, and rode it that way for a couple of weeks so I've no doubt that it works.