Originally Posted by
noglider
cyccommute yup. You listed the ones I don't mind cheap. Once I got a great deal on a Park TS-2 truing stand, and I adore it. But I truly don't need it. I only build a wheel or two a year. We have two homes, and my spouse encouraged me to equip both with complete sets of tools. But I'm not buying two fancy truing stands. Once I needed to build when I was "here" and the truing stand was "there." I just used my bike. It took slightly longer, but it was fine.
BTW I don't like Park's consumer grade workstands. I have an old Wrench Force one that's heavy and stable. I love it. And it folds almost flat. Feedback Sports bought that company, and their stands are nice, too.
I have two repair stands…well, three if you include the outside one
My garage one is a pre-1996 Park PRS-6 which I had extended long ago to make it easier to use. I replaced the spring clamp with a heavy duty shop grade clamp. It’s a lot more stable than the portable stands.
For outdoor work, I have a wall mount Park stand that is clamped around a post under a porch. It uses the same clamp as my garage stand.
I do have a 1996 PCS-1 stand in Tucson. My daughter doesn’t have the space for anything but a folding stand. I don’t find it too difficult to use. I did add an extension kit to the stand so that I don’t have to stand on my head to work on bikes.
I rescued a mid-1960s Surre truing stand from the recycler at my local co-op during Covid. I couldn’t let the aluminum that probably flew over Berlin go to the shredder so I took it home. It’s my truing stand for Tucson and is actually a pretty good stand. It could use a second feeler gauge but I can make it work.
