truing stands

if you put your bc wheel platforms on two tables or something that would
support your wheel as the wheel spins freely, you can eyeball the
trueness for results as good as you are looking for.

truing stands do make the job easier to finish off (kinda), but if you
are looking to save money, the eyeball technique is all you need...

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I found 'this' (http://tinyurl.com/zznd5) on ebay. does it look good?

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Where did you hear that Bedford unis are not strong? They are the best
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mornish said:

I found 'this' (http://tinyurl.com/zznd5) on ebay. does it look good?

looks like all you'd need

hmmmm, will the 'truing gages' reach upwards to a 20" wheel? that's
something you need to make sure of (if you are looking for a 20" of
course)

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thanks alot.

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Where did you hear that Bedford unis are not strong? They are the best
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hmmmm, will the 'truing gages' reach upwards to a 20" wheel? that's
something you need to make sure of (if you are looking for a 20" of
course)

I'm confused. what does that mean?
it would be a 19" rim.

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Where did you hear that Bedford unis are not strong? They are the best
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I'm confused. what does that mean?
it would be a 19" rim.

look at the bottom left of that pic. this is the bunch of things that
you use to measure trueness...if the rim hits this piece, it's not true
yet.

does this stand allow for those gages to reach up closer to the top of
the stand? it's technically a bike trueing stand so there is a
possiblity the range of adjustment might only be from 24" - 28" rims.
I don't know if this is the case, but this is a bare bones trueing
stand, and the adjustibility up to 20" might not be possible. it's
hard to tell from this picture

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hmm, it says it works with 28" road bikes.

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does anyone have one they use on trials rims?

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hmm, it says it works with 28" road bikes.

right, 28" is closer to the bottom of the stand where the gages are,
they may not reach 'up' (towards the ceiling) enough for work with a
19"wheel

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yea, that's what I'm thinking.

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yea, that's what I'm thinking.

no, that's what *I'M* thinking 🙂

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'what about this?' (http://tinyurl.com/m9z2q)

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You will need a stand that will hold your bearings to spin the wheel,
not something like that stand that will only hold the axle of a bike
wheel.

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i'll sell you this for $50cdn + shipping

http://tinyurl.com/zorzm

(it WILL work)

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TheoELind said:

You will need a stand that will hold your bearings to spin the wheel,
not something like that stand that will only hold the axle of a bike
wheel.

doesn't an axle stick out of a BC wheel before the bearings go on?
(never saw one 'bare'😉

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I'm confused.

I'll have to think about that stand. is it new or used?

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Yes the one Brian has will work...its very similar to one of the ones on
the shop and we true bmx wheels all the time with it.

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Bruce-
Quick. Put me on e-Bay.

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mornish said:

I'm confused.

I'll have to think about that stand. is it new or used?

used. (for about 5 wheels...they last forever, i just hate truing
wheels...too much like work)

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I jsut had another idea. would I be able to build the wheel,and then
take it to my lbs and have them true it for me?
or do you need the truing stand to build the wheel?

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