How ready was Athens for people rule in 510BC?

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Solon's reforms included an increase in weight and measure this hence increased prosperity in the economy. We also know of Solon due to the Athpole which was written by a student of Aristotle. The reforms of Solon dealt with both economic and political issues, and the new system he put down in his reforms laid the foundations for what eventually became Athenian democracy...
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But in the short term it failed to quell class conflict and after 20 years of political and social unrest the popular party led by Peisistratus, a cousin of Solon seized power in 546 BC. However it was 561 BC that he first took power, it is recorded in Herodotus when Peisistratus appeared in the agora wounded (self-inflicted!), claiming he was being chased by people opposed to him because of the assistance he had given the common people...
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