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Old 03-29-10 | 10:05 AM
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Originally Posted by noglider
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.
I'm interested!

I have a fork from a trashed bike clamped between two blocks of wood. I bend it to fit the wheel I'm working on. It works, and the price was right, but I wouldn't mind something a little better.
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