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?
On a 24,28,32,36, spoke wheel that's possible (more spokes the better), but depending how heavy the rider is, probably not a 16,20 spoke wheel,as the rim would have less support and strength and be more susceptible to taco'ing and bending out of shape beyond repair. That's how you ruin a rim.