looking for a truing stand!

well my dad wants to buy a truing stand and doesnt know which kind to
get. so any suggetions?


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ilosttheotherwheel wrote:
well my dad wants to buy a truing stand and doesnt know which kind to
get. so any suggetions?


a rim truing stand?
i wish i knew


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If your dad likes good tools I'd go for something from Park. I
personally have a Minoura Workmate- it ia all right and the chinese ==
English instructions that come in the box are pretty funny but the
stand itself is a bit cheesy.


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park if its for bicycle wheels. but if your using it for a uni wheel
than just use the frame and a zip tye


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'Here.' (http://tinyurl.com/yl9hjt)
It's the Park Tool TS-2 Professional Truing Stand. I just got one, and
it's rock solid. The reason it's the best is because it dishes
automatically, and you can true radially and laterally at the same
time. It's the only one I could find that did all that.

The above link is to Colorado Cyclist, who sells them for like $179,
though I got mine on sale for $169. The best part is though, that if
you don't live in Colorado, there's no sales tax!


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if it is for a bike, i have no idea.
for a unicycle use a pencil tape and the frame.


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your LBS can help you, and get you a nice Park Tools stand. they're
pretty much the best for what they do. there are some others that are
okay too, but park is kinda the standard.


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I think it's ridiculous to spend a lot of money on a truing stand for a
unicycle wheel. The Park stand won't hold a unicycle wheel in a way
that will allow you to true it properly.

(And frankly, I don't think Park tools are very well made anyway).

Just turn the unicycle upside down and eyeball it. Tape a popsicle
stick to the fork if you really want to.


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tholub wrote:
I think it's ridiculous to spend a lot of money on a truing stand for a
unicycle wheel. The Park stand won't hold a unicycle wheel in a way
that will allow you to true it properly.

(And frankly, I don't think Park tools are very well made anyway).

Just turn the unicycle upside down and eyeball it. Tape a popsicle
stick to the fork if you really want to.



Thats it really.

Uni frames are their own truing stands.


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markf wrote:
your LBS can help you, and get you a nice Park Tools stand.



I looked into that too, but ordering through my LBS would've cost like
$250.


tholub wrote:
The Park stand won't hold a unicycle wheel in a way that will allow you
to true it properly.



Not unless you jerry-rig it like I did... I take the frame off, and
rest the bearings on the truing stand fork, like as if the truing stand
was the uni frame. Then, I took an old bike tube ( ) and used it
like a rubber band around the truing stand and over the bearings to
hold it on (one for each side). Works great!


tholub wrote:
(And frankly, I don't think Park tools are very well made anyway).



That's a whole 'nother can of worms ... I think they are great, if a
little expensive. Oh, and some of them are a little pointless, like the
chain wear guides for bikes (just use a ruler...).


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