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... On the rear wheel, ss and muddy forest trails so no 6ft gap jumps, just the odd root or two....?
If the wind is not a ssw and the moon is not full then yes.
You'll almost certainly die, best not risk it.
Depends on how many you started out with.
36H, fine.
28H, debatable.
Monospoke...probably best not to.
Not quite got around to replacing the one in my HT's rear wheel. That's been missing 4 years now...
I have ridden OK with one broken spoke a few times, but I did whimp out when three let go by pulling out of the rear hub
Certain death.
Yep, snapped a spoke on a super lightweight Stans Podium MMX rear wheel on day 2 of a 6 day MTB holiday in Sardinia, rode the rest of the week without any problems (which amazed me as some of the trails were baby head tastic).
You will be fine but the chances of breaking more increas as you lose them!
Replacing it with a piece of dry spaghetti could work. 💡
3 down on a 32 for a month ended up replacing 9 so your probably fine
Cool. TBH until I changed tyres yesterday I never noticed it so it may have been broken for some time. I've ensured the rest of the spokes are tightened to a similar "ping" for consistency.
Its only for one social ride tomorrow while I wait for the new one to be delivered.
Before I was WCA I was known as no-spokes.
The best/worst I achieved was 19 spokes remaining in a 32 spoke wheel.
The wheel was a bit flexi and the last three spokes snapped on the final ride home before I rebuilt the wheel
my chain snapped 2 weeks ago snapping the rear mech in half! as a result the chain got stuck in the wheel and snapped a spoke on the drive side. the rim went out of true but it was still rideable and i managed the final 2 miles into work in singlespeed mode until the chain jumped up the cassette and snapped again under the tension right outside my office. this was on 36 hole rim. check that the rim is still straight and that the surrounding spokes still have enough tension to support your weight.
I snapped 4 in a Hope xc3 rear wheel(only 24 to start with) last week the tyre was nearly touching the frame the wheel was that buckled but managed to ride 22miles back to the van sh##ting it as it was only my 2nd ride in 10 weeks after busting my shoulder
Yeah, if a replacement is on the way, you'll be OK for a short while
APF
Tis betterer to ride with a spoke missing than a screw loose.
Depends on you, and on the wheel. Like, I could probably knock a couple out of my 721s and they'd still be strong like ox. But if I ride for long on my Traversees with a spoke missing, they quickly end up straight like Mercury.