Originally Posted by harshbarj

Radial really is not appropriate for a utility bike. The wheel would be far weaker. You really only use radial on high spoke count hubs or on bikes that will not see heavy use.

I do have a "spare" spoke, one of the broken ones. I'll be removing the wheel from the bike on sunday and replacing it with a single speed for now. Not idea for such a hilly city, but I have to get to work somehow. I'll check a 2x cross pattern then.