Originally Posted by
mgopack42
I had a broken spoke on a Fulcrum Racing 5 rear wheel. After waiting for the ridiculously expensive spoke kit to arrive, all I did was pull the old, put in the new, and when the "ting" of the plucked spoke sounded like the ones to either side, I put it on the bike, and spun it... perfect without any trying. so my limited experience with these high tension, low spoke count wheels is "no problem, easy peasy"! YMMV as they say
I've done a couple of roadside repairs of straight-pull spokes. The advantage is no need to mess with removing the cassette.
Of course, the issue is that it is much more difficult to roadside true the wheel enough to get home on one less spoke, I think.
I did a century ride a couple of years ago on a 31 or 35 spoke wheel. It broke early in the day, just trued it up, and kept going. Of course, when I got home to fix it properly, whew, that truing was a MESS!!!! But, at least I got home in one piece.