Quote Originally Posted by pauljonesforengland View Post
Snapped spoke on way to work yesterday. Wheel is a Shimano. SpoKe is a flat bladed job (290mm straight pull apparently) with red nipple. Had trouble with 2 shops unable to produce one in their shop. Advised to buy online and they would fit and true.

Q - Presume it needs to be a replacement flat bladed spoke and a 'normal' round spoke would not do ...or is that just for aesthetics?
Q - Presume the spoke would not need to be Shminao specific?

Trawling web yesterday indicated that it would not be that easy to purchase. Will give Ribble a call to see if they have a few to buy.
You don't say what wheel the shimano one is. Repairs to wheels can be difficult to do on your own. Replacing the spoke is the actual easy bit. Truing the wheel is not. You can end up having a nightmare.
Mercian do mine and it's one reason I have campag or mavic wheels. Both made at the same factory as are fulcrum.
They have a wheel builder and machine to true them on. That's even before you have the correct tools.
I had a spoke tightened a month ago on my cosmic car bones and that was £14 and I know them well at that.

Je James may have some shimano spokes but you need to check to see if your wheel needs truing. If a spoke has gone normally the wheel will go instantly out of true.

One thing is sure , it won't be cheap