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    Jrutkows
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    How does one attach a unicycle wheel to a truing stand.
    I have the standard chrome Park model. Does someone
    make a bearing cup attachment for it, or will I have to
    make my own?

    Joel-

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  2. Cline
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    Good question! I gave up trying to use my truing stand. A
    strategically placed thumnail works fine for me, but if you need
    accuracy you can try this tinyurl.com2u4tk

    Ken

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  3. Andrew_carter
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    I've successfully used a truing stand to build a couple of
    unicycle wheels. I think I just sat the bearings in the
    grooves somehow and kept pushing them back into place every
    now and then.

    Andrew

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  4. Bugman
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    I just tool my KH in for truing, and the guy that does it
    looked like I had brought in an alien life form. He had no
    idea what to do. He ended up eye balling it best he could
    and didn't charge me anything. I guess there isn't much call
    for a uni truing stand, but you would think that the shops
    that sell them would be able to service them.

    I was thinking that the removing the cranks and setting
    the bearings in a bearing cup, with a hinged cup on top
    that locks with a quick connect would be perfect. It would
    be nice if there was someone who sold something like this.
    I may end up making something myself and start doing my
    own wheels.

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  5. Andrew_carter
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    Yeh one thing I'll add about what I did is that I took the
    cranks off...that's a must.

    Andrew

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  6. Tim
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    Jagur just uses an old jug and paper arrows taped on a frame
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  7. Andrew_carter
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    I trued a friend's Coker the other day and found that the
    thumbnail method is fine for Cokers at least because the
    wheel has so much momentum so you can spend a while making
    sure your thumb is sitting still before the wheel slows
    down. That's the problem with truing my trials uni...the
    wheel doesn't roll as easily.

    Andrew

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  8. Cyberbellum
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    I'd just take the cranks off and use an indicator afixed to
    the frame. The only weird part would be to get the dishing
    right, but even this seems pretty easy. Just find a flat
    surface, and when the wheel is true somehow find a way to
    block it up with the spindle perpendicular to and touching
    the surface, then measure the hight of the rim above the
    surface in three spots. If they aren't even adjust the
    blocking until they are. Record the average distance, flip
    the wheel over and repeat the process. If all the
    measurements agree the wheel is properly dished.

    Or you could use a custom dishing gage.

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