Old 09-30-07, 06:24 PM
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Park or Minoura truing stands are well thought of. The Parks come in several models but the basic TS-8 should get you started at a modest price. Performance's house brand "Spin Doctor" truing stand is simple but functional and on sale for $45 right now.

Park's SW series of spoke wrenches are also very good. The SW-0 (black) fits most of the better quality spokes (DT, Wheelsmith, etc.) and should be the one you need. It's about $8 at Performance, maybe a bit less elsewhere.

You will want, if not need, a dishing tool. You can't do it by eye but one work around is to frequently flip the wheel over in the truing stand and recenter each time until it doesn't change distance from the index when reversed. A dishing tool isn't very expensive ($25 at Performance) and saves a fair bit of time.

BTW, RG's comment was sage but not flippant. Anyone new at this should expect to give the job his undivided attention. I admire your enthusiasm but you have a lot of studying to do before you apply tools to components.
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