Joined: Jan 2008
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From: Mans of NC & SW UT Desert
Bikes: 86 Katakura Silk, 87 Prologue X2, 88 Cimarron LE, 1975 Sekai 4000 Professional, 73 Paramount, plus more
I picked up a nice Spin Doctor truing stand off Craigs List and built a wheel with it last week. Worked great. I bought a Spin Doctor Pro workstand and the seller threw in the truing stand.
My prior wheel build was in 1976, with just a spoke wrench. That worked OK as well, but the truing stand made it a lot easier.
Read the Sheldon Brown instructions on wheel building, I thought they were great!
My next tool purchase will be a tensiometer. I do not and will not build wheels for others.
Last edited by wrk101; 02-13-10 at 04:01 PM.