Wheel building/truing stand

spasypaddy

What would you guys recommend?

Park tools at £200 is probably a bit above my budget

ugo.santalucia

Find the budget, it is head and shoulders above the cheap stuff.

Buy cheap buy twice definitively applies to tools!

veronese68

Planet X do a copy of the Park tools TS2, no idea if it is any good though. Got to agree with Ugo, the Park one is the standard in this case.

spasypaddy

ugo.santalucia wrote:

Find the budget, it is head and shoulders above the cheap stuff.

Buy cheap buy twice definitively applies to tools!

i know... i know

Veronese68 wrote:

Planet X do a copy of the Park tools TS2, no idea if it is any good though. Got to agree with Ugo, the Park one is the standard in this case.

this is the one im eying up instead. its less than half the price.

cycleclinic

Half the price but is it the same. the TS2.2 will last a lifetime of daily use, it has a life time guarantee on it.

ratsbeyfus

http://www.bicyclehero.com/gb/parktool-ts-2-2p-powder-coated-professional-wheel-truing-stand.html?gclid=CJDWp9300sUCFYnJtAodwGoArg

£148 here

spasypaddy

good find but its still twice the price

veronese68

ratsbeyfus wrote:

http://www.bicyclehero.com/gb/parktool-ts-2-2p-powder-coated-professional-wheel-truing-stand.html?gclid=CJDWp9300sUCFYnJtAodwGoArg

£148 here

Plus £38 shipping to the UK.
I was surprised on reading the reviews of the TS2.2 that there were quite a few saying it arrived out poorly set up and needed to be centred. I checked mine when I got it, but it was very second hand and free so I didn't mind. At £200 I'd be a bit miffed about that. The best way to buy it is probably through CRC with the BC 10% discount.
Unfortunately mine is still on holiday in North London. If you can get it you can borrow it Spasy.

spasypaddy

cheers, i really fancy having my own one

stavgold

Build your own truing stand and nipple driver. Cost me less than £10 to make with leftover mdf. The money I saved was used for a tension meter.
Take a look at Roger Musson wheel building. I built my first set of disc wheels on my diy stand using Archetype rims, novatec hubs and alpina spokes. Loads of good advice too from Ugo http://whosatthewheel.com

spasypaddy

well im never going to make my own one. ive bought the jobsworth one.

i just cant justify the expense of the park tools one

cattytown

Veronese68 wrote:

ratsbeyfus wrote:

http://www.bicyclehero.com/gb/parktool-ts-2-2p-powder-coated-professional-wheel-truing-stand.html?gclid=CJDWp9300sUCFYnJtAodwGoArg

£148 here

Plus £38 shipping to the UK.

Plus duty, plus VAT...

By my reckoning that's about £230.

Paul.