PING! went the spoke on my rear wheel halfway down the Hidden Valley.
Rotor off, tyre off, nipple and spoke removed.
Expletives followed, as I realised I'd packed spare spokes from one of the other bikes. Too short.
So, a huge nod of thanks to the kind hearted soul on the Commencal who provided me with a ride-saving spoke of a suitable length!
It's great when that sort of thing happens, isn't it?
That is a beautiful mixture of kindness and extreme fluke I think.
I don't carry spare spokes for my bike, nevermind your bike. Although in principle you'd be welcome to them if I did. 
:WOW:
what are the odds on meeting another rider carrying spare spokes, let alone that rider stopping and giving assistance - the cycling God's have smiled upon you for sure.......
>Rotor off, tyre off, nipple and spoke removed.
Sounds like a faff, I just secure the broken spoke and carry on
It is nice though, warm glow-tastic. I spent quite a long while recently in a well-known SW London park with a bike that had very obviously suffered a l/h crank off-falling. I felt rather invisible to the stream of riders coming past, which was dis-heartening.
allthepies, was waiting for someone else ot fix (another!) puncture, and we had a bit of time to fill. It's only a five minute job to replace a spoke normally, so not a hassle really!
BD, rest assured, had I been around that self same park, I'd have offered a hand at least!
Good Karma...in the past I've given away tubes aplenty, couple of split links and powerbars to riders who've blown...Doesn't always work mind, last tube was given to a guy on a Klein hardtail, walking on the road up from Afan....40miles later fanbelt went on the Audi GRRRR!
wouldnt have fixed it either, may have trued the wheel a little to stop it wobbling. Must have been a common length spoke though?
....and I thought this was going to be a Tennessee Williams thread....pah!
Nice when you do get help out on the trail though. Points in the karma bank for someone!
I'm amazed that anyone would consider replacing a spoke mid ride - knowing as I do that a wheel will still run fine with 8 broken spokes
I felt rather invisible to the stream of riders coming past, which was dis-heartening
isn't it the case with cranks that if they fall off once they will continute to do so until replaced ?
I'm sure that's correct Simon, and also that everyone who rode past had arrived at the logical conclusion that offering futile assistance would just have annoyed me.
Actually, since I blasted the bugger with No More Nails it's been fine. Not that I expected anyone would have a tube in their seatpack. 
Get yourself one of these and you can repay the love no matter the size of the wheel.
Slight hijack but on-topic, does anyone know of a suitable container to keep a couple of spokes in your pack without them bending?
Ride the lakes - tape them to a frame tube or keep them in the seatpost?
ridethelakes, I tend to have mine alongside my pump in the pack. Never had them bend much. Bear in mind, you'll bend 'em a little bit as you fit them, and then straighten them out when you tension them.
This is what I did for a 3 month tour.
Not sure Id bother taking spare spokes on a ride though!
Cheers, both good ideas
I'd never take spare spokes on anything other than a tour :-), and then it those emergency spokes
just true the wheel with the spoke missing
Each to their own, I suppose! I'm just quite heavy on wheels and would rather take a few minutes to fix it than spend the rest of the day riding a little gingerly worrying about my wheel!
I'm sure that's correct Simon, and also that everyone who rode past had arrived at the logical conclusion that offering futile assistance would just have annoyed me.
well, it wasn't nice for them not to have stopped, but if it wasn't fixable anyway I'd not have been upset
if that works then why not just bend over the broken spoke end into a loop and do the same with a.n.other spare spoke as a temporary repair? If you wrap the end around a couple of times it's not going to undo under load, and we know spaokes can stand being bent sharply as they always are at the hub end.
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