Originally Posted by
Bill Kapaun
You haven't mentioned the brands of your kids biks-
Cheap brakes on cheap bikes was a major incentive for me to buy my truing stand.
One is Diamondback Outlook, another is Roadmaster something.. I too bought truing stand and got those wheels pretty straight. I can't bottom out levers myself. I even had to loosen them a little so the "stop" happens somewhere in a middle giving kids more grab. Still, holding brakes firmly I can bush bike and wheel would spin...