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Old 06-11-10, 03:05 PM
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You don't need to spend dough for a truing stand. Sure they're handy, but wheels can easily be trued in the fork or frame using the brakes as guides.

All a truing stand is a device to hold the wheel by the axle with a rigid point of reference against which rim deflections can be measured. For simple aligning you don't need anything fancy and can use the brakes for wobble, and a pop-cycle stick held to the stays or fork blades with rubber bands for hop.

I've trued hundreds of wheels this way, and most bike shop mechanics touch up new bike wheels the same way rather than losing time to remove the wheel and use the shop truing stand.

When and if you get more serious or are building or truing numerous wheels on a regular basis you can spring for a stand, until then your money would be better spent elsewhere.
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