Breaking a spoke

      What happens when you ride and a spoke brakes? It's happened to me. I was stopped at a light and all of a sudden I heard a ping. I waited till the light changed and rode to the sidewalk. I found one of my rear spokes had just broke. I wrapped the broken spoke around an unbroken one and continued my ride. I did notice a slight wobble in the wheel but it was not bad. When I finished my ride I replaced the spoke and and got it trued. Truing a wheel is making the wheel straight and if done right puts proper tension on all the spokes. If you start to pop a lot of spokes it's time to get a new wheel. When one goes many time another then another will brake. This happens because the tension becomes uneven and stresses out all the other spokes on the wheel. If you find that your brake starts to rub you can sometimes loosen the brake just enough to keep going.  Hope this helps you stress less when it happens to you. It is usual not to bad and can be taken care of when you finish your ride.

Keep on Pedaling 

Marco