Park (or other) wheel truing stands
Discussion
Afternoon all,
The rear hub in particular on my Stumpjumper is getting somewhat creaky and wobbly, and everything online suggests they're barely worth repairing, so I'm contemplating the notion of building myself a new set of wheels.
I've been looking at upgrading from my current cheap and not at all cheerful truing stand to something nicer, so have been looking at the Park Tools stands, which are just leaving me with even more questions!
One option is the TS2.2. This is over twice the price of their TS8 though, and to make matters worse, it looks as though it's easy enough to set the dishing with the cheaper stand, but the more expensive one requires an extra dishing tool to do so?
Is there any reason to think I'd particularly need the more expensive one? I know we all like new and shiny, but it won't even stand up on its own without an (extra cost) stand, so I'm assuming it's completely meant for people building multiple sets of wheels week in week out, and the TS8 will do everything I need to build a set of wheels every year or two?
The rear hub in particular on my Stumpjumper is getting somewhat creaky and wobbly, and everything online suggests they're barely worth repairing, so I'm contemplating the notion of building myself a new set of wheels.
I've been looking at upgrading from my current cheap and not at all cheerful truing stand to something nicer, so have been looking at the Park Tools stands, which are just leaving me with even more questions!
One option is the TS2.2. This is over twice the price of their TS8 though, and to make matters worse, it looks as though it's easy enough to set the dishing with the cheaper stand, but the more expensive one requires an extra dishing tool to do so?
Is there any reason to think I'd particularly need the more expensive one? I know we all like new and shiny, but it won't even stand up on its own without an (extra cost) stand, so I'm assuming it's completely meant for people building multiple sets of wheels week in week out, and the TS8 will do everything I need to build a set of wheels every year or two?
BadgerBenji said:
http://www.pklie.de/truing_stand.html
This one, it's a thing of beauty, ignore the tight Yorkshireman above with his pegs
It is indeed impressive, but at £1,300 or so, I'd very much hope it was!! This one, it's a thing of beauty, ignore the tight Yorkshireman above with his pegs
G321 said:
I bought this set up from Rose bikes to build my first set of wheels. Not a bad price and it did the job well (The wheels are still true and running after 2500 miles)
https://www.rosebikes.co.uk/article/rose-centering...
Will it take axles other than standard quick release, do you know?https://www.rosebikes.co.uk/article/rose-centering...
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