Mountain Biking - Homemade truing stand?

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C_Heath
11-23-09, 08:42 PM
Anyone? I think a 2x4 and a few beers and a drill.

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Daspydyr
11-23-09, 08:53 PM
I have an idea that I'm gonna put together with 2X6's, steel straps, mounted on a piece of plywood. I gonna use Bow sights for the truing guides.
KTse
11-23-09, 09:03 PM
Find an old fork, invert it, mount the steerer into something solid and attach zip ties as feelers. You can go fancier but this way is pretty simple.

dminor
11-23-09, 10:44 PM
^^ Yep. Old fork in a vice and a bend piece of thin stove pipe wire. If you wanted to get real fancy, one of those slick little magnetic bases for your dial indicator.
jerlwe
11-25-09, 11:53 AM
search it on google, there are a lot of good options/ideas that you can custom tailor to your needs. Been meaning to make one myself out of piping.
C_Heath
11-25-09, 06:30 PM
word up will do.

WTF is up with the slooooooow connection today?
gmcttr
11-26-09, 09:27 AM
Zip tie cut to length for a feeler on your fork or seat stay and you're done
C_Heath
11-26-09, 09:31 AM
Now thats ultra cheap. What? 25 cents?

awesome.
gmcttr
11-26-09, 10:14 AM
Now thats ultra cheap. What? 25 cents?

awesome.

It gets better...if you insert the zip tie "backwards", it is reusable.
C_Heath
11-26-09, 10:28 AM
POW!

lol