Diy Bike Wheel Truing Stand

For the home mechanic a shop made truing stand will do the job just nicely and costs a fraction of what one will cost in a bike shop.

Diy bike wheel truing stand.

First it starts with a swim then you transition from the swim to the biking and finally from the biking to the running. You can also buy a professional truing stand for about 50 to 80 or the gold standard park tools stand like this for 300. To get started a truing stand of sorts needs to be set up. Truing up an already built wheel however doesn t have to be scary though you ll probably make your wheel worse the first time you mess with it.

Park tools ts 2 2 professional wheel truing stand is a common sight not just in the studios of wheel builders but in bike shops in general. Similar equipment is used but when building is more labor intensive and requires some specialized stuff. I recently ran in a triathlon and if your familiar with triathlon you ll know that the event consists of three parts. Truing stands cost a bundle and bike shops typically charge 25 35 to true up a wheel.

We ll take an inexpensive but solid performance spin doctor truing stand and add threaded indicators to make it much more effective faster to use more durable and light years more precise for less than 7. Truing the rim is actually not too difficult. If the wheel is fixable it generally looks good but has a wobble you can expect your local bike shop to charge 20 30 to true it using professional equipment like a truing stand for the perfect line and roundness. Seriously it will be as precise as any high end stand.

How to true a bike wheel take the wheel off your bike and set it up in the truing stand or clamp your bike into a stand if you re keeping the wheel on and using your rim brake pads as a guide.