Spare Wheel: Spoke Check

Very tough to get the big 3.00x18 tire off Viola's original rear wheel.  It was crusted with rust and there was an audible crack each time I pushed it down and separated it from the wheel for the first time in decades.

Also the hardest wheel to get the bead off so far.  Relatively hard, that is.  Still not so bad all in all.

It had the same extremely rusty section that the front wheel had.  No surprises there.

Then I went around trying to free each spoke.  Remarkably, only 5 seemed to be frozen (flagged with the painter's tape).  I was able to get all the others free just using the wrench.

I compared a few of the spokes but while there were small differences in the bend at the head, they seemed to be inconsistent, and seemed like just a case of age and not manufacturing.