looking to get a truing stand. Nothing too fancy or expensive. Just looking to true the wheels I have now, however I may try my hand at building wheels at a later date. Recommendations?
truing stands
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The park consumer stand is solid.
I've never used the consumer stand, but the park "professional" (polished) stand is super sweet.
The fact that you don't have to take off the tire to use it is worth the extra $$$ IMO.
The fact that you don't have to take off the tire to use it is worth the extra $$$ IMO.
Huh, the stand that 99+% of bike shops rely on is good? It's also well over two bills. You don't have to take the tire off with the consumer stand either though. But taking the tire off is the right way to do the job.
the park TS-2? I found it on ebay for $150 brand new, and $180 on jensonusa. But it's still twice the cost of a home one the TS-8. If I wanted to start building wheels, could I do it with the home stand and a dishing tool?Biscuit said:
Buy the pro stand, it is welll worth the price. also be sure to get the gage that you put in it to be sure it is centered. it is a big piece of metal that shows the stand is centered. I have never used a dish tool to build wheels. I have been hand building for almost 10 years and dish mine on the stand. Buy a good book, I have one from an obscure wheelbuilder whos method is quite different from most, but it make the job easy and you get solid results. I have never had one of my builds fail. I have a seen a couple with more flat spots than a stop sign, and still be perfectly true. this is one tool you don't want to go cheap on.
I thought the consumer stand required removing the tire. But I've never even seen one in person, so I have no idea really.Jeff 151 said:
As for Dishing Tools, I have one, and have found it to be more of a pain than a help. Take the money you would be putting into that, and re-invest it towards a better stand. A properly set up stand can be used to dish your wheels in far less time.
That's funny. I would never trust a Park Professional Truing Stand to dish my wheel. But that is because all the Park stands I have used were in shops, and they get so much use you can never be sure if they are adjusted correctly!!!teamkranzelbike said:
I still would use a dishing tool, but if your stand is adjusted correctly, there should be no problems.
park ts 2 and the best (i ve forgotten the model) dishing guage
You don't need a dishing tool.
Just flip the wheel over to check.
BTW, I've had a TS-2 for 7 years now and have been very happy with it. It's about 2mm off dish but all my bikes have disk brakes...so what! It is a luxury for a home mechanic but being comfortable building wheels adds to the zen experience of it. The main adjustment knob cracked on mine and Park sent me a replacement for free, can't b!tch about that.
$150 is an excellent price for one.
Mike
Just flip the wheel over to check.
BTW, I've had a TS-2 for 7 years now and have been very happy with it. It's about 2mm off dish but all my bikes have disk brakes...so what! It is a luxury for a home mechanic but being comfortable building wheels adds to the zen experience of it. The main adjustment knob cracked on mine and Park sent me a replacement for free, can't b!tch about that.
$150 is an excellent price for one.
Mike