P&K Lie obviously for the STW kudos, I don’t own the stand but i do have a few of their Spoke Wrenches which make building wheels/sorting buckles almost a pleasure
Wwaswas – i didnt realise one on does stands. How wide does yours go? Im in the market for a stand but i want to make sure it will take a boost hub + adaptors. And does that lateral dial thing fit against a rim with a tyre on?
nosedive, I’ve done fat wheels (170mm) with this one;
I had to move the rightr hand bracket so it was only held on by two of the bolts but it was still solid.
The lateral dial is fine unless the tyres really stick out past the rim – as you can see the bit that sticks out is only so long. I’ve always worried that truing with the tyre on is giving a false result with a tight bead so you could replace the gauge with a pointer if it was too short and it’ll give the same accuracy as a normal stand.
It’s quite pleasing to get a wheel trued so that the rim stickers are the biggest deflection that’s recorded 🙂
On-One/Planet-X also do one that is a copy of the park stand above rather than the single sided affair wwaswas has. Beware that I had to take it apart and attack it with an angle grinder before I could even fit a 142mm hub in it with park adaptors.
cool, I’ve found just using the gauges as pointers until the last bit of truing is being done is best – you can ‘see’ where the deflection is more easily as the rim moves towards and away from the end of the gauge tracker thing.
The gauges themsleves are great but it does initially take a while to get your head round what they’re telling you when the needle’s swinging around.
Something I’ve always been tempted with but could never justify the cost. There is no way I can even convince myself, never mind the other half that I could blow £200 notes on a good Park stand for the occasional wheel straightening and perhaps try a build to see if I have any talent in it. The DT Swiss one would have her calling the doctors to see if I have dementia 🙂
Just a note that the On One Jobsworth Pro Wheel Truing Stand is currently £99. It has been cheaper than this recently, as low as £70 I think. Might be worth hanging on to see what the price does
Can’t see how the wheel holds into the jobsworth, looks like it is slotted for qr axles. How would it handle bolt through? I guess I could turn up a ‘tip adaptor’.
Ive got the jobsworth one set up (annoying it got cheaper but hey ho). Gravity slave feel free to come and have a look at it if you are thinking of purchasing. Its nice and solid and should be easy to get the accuracy good. Bit fiddly to get around to do a quick true with a tyre on but i can live with that