Revenge of GP!

[Michael Hechmer]

Very nice ride today.  Thirty miles out and back on the oddly named Pleasant Valley Road.  It is indeed pleasant, just not a valley.  A full 1600 feet of climbing before your done.  Anyway I was just about to start up the last couple of miles of steep uphill when I saw a rider standing on the other side of the road.  He said something snapped and then the bike got really hard to pedal.  A quick examination turned up a broken spoke and a 21 mm tire wedged against the  chain stay.  No space; vertical drop outs so no way to cheat a little.  I skipped the lecture as he appeared anxious enough already.  I asked him if he was headed to Cambridge ( 5-6 miles of downhill.)  Nope, his car was in Underhill, back up the hill he was going down.

Nothing I could do to help.

Michael

[James Warren]

Same problem last fall for me, but I was on my Ram. I did some hamfisted truing, and then rode the last 20 miles of the ride home. I really appreciated the bike's design that day.

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[Dave]

Same here.  I did something really stupid (went against physics), fell over and bent the heck out of my rear wheel of my Ram.  I was able to just widen the brake caliper with the adjuster and ride on home for five miles and not a thing rubbed.  I didn't even feel the sizable wobble in the rim.

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[Benz]

I was in a similar situation a few months ago while riding a 200k
brevet (hosted by the SFR in case anyone's interested). The dude's
bike had very little space around the rear triangle and 1 of his 24
spokes on his rear wheel broke. Fortunately for him, I'm fairly handy
in bicycle mechanics and had the correct spoke wrench. I made a few
adjustments to make the wheel rideable and away we went! He got his
wheel fixed enough to ride to the nearest bike shop and I had a nice
excuse for a break (which I needed! LOL).

I don't know if Topeak still sells this spoke wrench but I carry this
on my key ring as it weighs nothing.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/deanlung/2930440829/

[Toshi Takeuchi]

Not that I've ever needed it, but I always carry a kevlar spoke with
me on all of my bikes...

Toshi

[Jim Cloud]

I carry both the Park Tool SW-0 Spoke Wrench tool (0.127" nipples) and
a FiberFix kevlar emergency replacement spoke. In the few instances
that I've broken a spoken, however, it was sufficient to remove the
spoke with a spoke wrench and continue riding for a moderate distance
home (obviously, the dropouts of my bike had adequate clearance to
allow riding the bike with a slight wobble to the wheel!).

Jim Cloud
Tucson, AZ