Joined: Jan 2019
Posts: 1,995
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From: Toledo Ohio
Bikes: 1964 Huffy Sportsman, 1972 Fuji Newest, 1973 Schwinn Super Sport (3), 1982 Trek 412, 1983 Trek 700, 1989 Miyata 1000LT, 1991 Bianchi Boardwalk, plus others
I like my Park stand that I got as a Christmas gift a few years ago. I wasn’t completely satisfied with centering/dish and messed with it a bit. I mostly messed things up until I got one of those centering gauges to get it back to good enough. I say good enough now in what others point out as the mechanical limitations of it.
I also realized that it is close enough for my riding and my bikes. I flip the wheels back and forth as I approach final adjustments and if I am close to 1mm, I am happy enough. I don’t do any high speeds, and I’m sure my 40-50 year old bikes are off by that amount somewhere anyhow. It is a very fun tool for wheel building and ease of use in my opinion for my purposes.