Joined: Jan 2009
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From: New York, NY, and High Falls, NY, USA
Bikes: 1962 Rudge Sports, 1971 Raleigh Super Course, 1971 Raleigh Pro Track, 1974 Raleigh International, 1975 Viscount Fixie, 1982 McLean, 1996 Lemond (Ti), 2002 Burley Zydeco tandem
The Park truing stand looks OK but not terrific. I've been through a few truing stands and haven't been satisfied with any of them. I now have a TS-2, the professional one. I could have saved a lot of money if I had bought it in the first place. Perhaps the TS-8 is heavy and stable. That is good. But it has a caliper on only one side. I much prefer two caliper arms.
Someone recently posted an e-book on how to build your own truing stand very cheaply. It was a beautiful stand. Let me see if I can dig it up.