I think I am going to buy one. I am riding on 27" now, but I would like to move to 700c's down the road. I figure if I replace the quando hub in a month or so and keep the 27 rim, it will give me time to get 700c rims and a nice front hub, and then rebuild. Also, I have about 3 friends that will be riding fixed soon, and 4 to 5 that will be going SS (I am one of 3 guys that are fixing trash bikes for friends, they pick them, we fix them ... we are at 6 or so right now), so I am thinking that if I get a stand that it will help me show them how one more thing is done.

I am in love with bicycle maintenance. I find it quite relaxing to work on a machine for 5-6 hrs. Sometimes I sit at work and daydream about the next thing I get to do to my bike, or overhauling a friends bottom bracket that hasn't been touched in twenty or some odd years. I love being able to look down at my bike when I'm riding and know EXACTLY whats going on. And I feel that when you put that much work into something like that, it becomes very personable. It's no longer a bike, but MY bike.

Needless to say, one of these days I will have to learn wheelbuilding, so I might as well just jump in head first. Any good cheap truing stands out there? I hear that the cheap park's is a piece of junk, but there was one around 40ish that was great, just not mountable ...