Originally Posted by
albrt
....Broke a spoke on the rear drive side last week, and the Red Clover freewheel key worked like a charm. Unfortunately, when I took the freewheel off I realized most of the drive side spokes were pretty traumatized. Somebody must have thrown the chain a bunch of times back in the day, so I had the whole back wheel rebuilt at the LBS.
not great news, but better to find the problem and fix it at a time of your choosing rather than have a few spokes pop when out riding.
It's a shame that it didn't happen when you had more time to spare, though. Would have been a great excuse to learn to true the wheel yourself!
Have fun on RAGBRAI, and watch out for the folks who don't know what they are doing (and that's about 80% of the participants, IMHO)
Steve in Peoria