CriminalTrials.co.uk Posted March 20, 2010 Report Share Posted March 20, 2010 Hi all Im looking at buying a wheel truing stand for my brothers birthday. He's done a few in the past but would like a truing stand to learn properly. He's not one for buying the cheapest equipment around and ive seen them online for around as little as £40. Id rather spend about £100-£120 on one if it means it will be a much better quality stand. Basically, can anyone reccomend a good one, or help me understand what makes a good one? Oh and a good place to buy it would be good too. Hope someone can help. Thanks a lot in advance. Danny Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
josh barker Posted March 20, 2010 Report Share Posted March 20, 2010 what you need is a park tool ts2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CriminalTrials.co.uk Posted March 20, 2010 Author Report Share Posted March 20, 2010 what you need is a park tool ts2 They by far the best are they? Just it's around £100 over my budget.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weirdoku Posted March 20, 2010 Report Share Posted March 20, 2010 Why don't you just flip your bike over and use the forks as a stand? And for the back wheel lean the bike up against something against the pedals and voila. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CriminalTrials.co.uk Posted March 20, 2010 Author Report Share Posted March 20, 2010 Why don't you just flip your bike over and use the forks as a stand? And for the back wheel lean the bike up against something against the pedals and voila. Well yes thats how id tru mine quickly id i had a loose spoke or something, but im talking building wheels from scratch, and there are reasons for using proper truing stands.....lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tdubz Posted March 20, 2010 Report Share Posted March 20, 2010 Why don't you just flip your bike over and use the forks as a stand? And for the back wheel lean the bike up against something against the pedals and voila. thats a homer simpson style present haha walk in flip his bike upside down and say happy birthday i got you a trueing stand haha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weirdoku Posted March 20, 2010 Report Share Posted March 20, 2010 Well yes thats how id tru mine quickly id i had a loose spoke or something, but im talking building wheels from scratch, and there are reasons for using proper truing stands.....lol I've built 4 wheels doing this, all came out pretty nice too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CriminalTrials.co.uk Posted March 20, 2010 Author Report Share Posted March 20, 2010 thats a homer simpson style present haha walk in flip his bike upside down and say happy birthday i got you a trueing stand haha Haha, that would be pretty funny, but not exactly what im going for hehe. Seriously though, can anyone help me? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Revolver Posted March 20, 2010 Report Share Posted March 20, 2010 (edited) Park Tools or GTFO, unfortunately There might be a few different ones by them. http://www.parktool.com/products/detail.asp?cat=16&item=TS-8 That one, for example, although the proper pro level one I've used, and it is really good. Edited March 20, 2010 by Revolver Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
totaltrials Posted March 20, 2010 Report Share Posted March 20, 2010 For that kind of money you're still looking at the "home mechanic" workstands. The best one I think would be any of the Minoura truing stands. This kit is quite good http://www.minourausa.com/english/tool-e/truepro-combo2-e.html You get a dishing tool, self centering, guides both sides, and you don't need to bolt it down, i.e. you can use it anywhere. I've had the older model for about 6 years, still works fine. But this newer model looks a lot better. Out of all the stands available, this is the best for the price range (£90). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CriminalTrials.co.uk Posted March 20, 2010 Author Report Share Posted March 20, 2010 Park Tools or GTFO, unfortunately There might be a few different ones by them. http://www.parktool.com/products/detail.asp?cat=16&item=TS-8 That one, for example, although the proper pro level one I've used, and it is really good. Thanks for that, that park one is one i have looked at aswell, but wasnt sure if it was actually any good or not. For that kind of money you're still looking at the "home mechanic" workstands. The best one I think would be any of the Minoura truing stands. This kit is quite good http://www.minourausa.com/english/tool-e/truepro-combo2-e.html You get a dishing tool, self centering, guides both sides, and you don't need to bolt it down, i.e. you can use it anywhere. I've had the older model for about 6 years, still works fine. But this newer model looks a lot better. Out of all the stands available, this is the best for the price range (£90). Thanks mate, ive found that Zyro is only online company in UK that sell them apparently... £99 so not too bad and it seems pretty nice. I think i may take your word on this and end up going with this one. Thanks all for the replies and help so far! Danny Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eskimo Posted March 20, 2010 Report Share Posted March 20, 2010 £235 will get you a TS2.2 without stand. I've contemplated it for probably a year now. Ebay also has the 2.2 for like £140 from overseas. It's either that or have to deal with poor dishing from inferior cheapo stands. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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