[BadDNA]

I'm looking for an inexpensive truing stand. I'd love the park TS-2 but that's just not in the budget right now. I've found this one from Performance Bike and the site reviews are positive but I wanted to know if anyone else has used it and has anything to share, positive or negative about it. I figure for $40 it's a tough deal to beat though. Throw in an alignment tool and a set of spoke wrenches and building wheels shouldn't be too tough right...

With a stand like this, how important is a dishing gauge or a spoke tension meter?

http://www.performancebike.com/shop/profile.cfm?SKU=15314&srccode=2047&cm_mmc=Froogle-_-Datafeed-_-null-_-null##

 

[psychobiker]

i got that the other day in the stor for 39.99 + 10.% off works well.. i also got the workstand cheap. dish gauge and spoke tensioner mmostly for build ing new wheels... if you know what your doing with just truing you should be okay

 

[Quo Fan]

I'd still look into a tensiometer. Even if you are just truing machine wheels, getting the right tension is important. Then you know for sure that the wheel is tight enough.

 

[BadDNA]

This is going to be for wheel building as well as truing.

 

[TheMontashu]

get a dishing tool and a tension guage if you are building new wheels

 

[nycurse]

I own that turing stand i love it. Its light, protable and does a great job at straightening my wheels. I bought mine for $40 and i think its one of the best buys i have had this season.

 

[hick_huckster01]

I just got that one and it seems quite nice alrady.