Truing Stand for 20mm wheels

Been searching for a wheel truing stand that'll also take 20mm wheels but the only one I can find is the park one and you have to buy adapters separately, its about twice the price of all the other stands too. does anyone know of one at a reasonable price?

2nd question, how easy is it to true wheels, its about the one thing i've never messed with before but its about time I learned, I have one old set which are quite wobbly to practice on and the set I use have a slight wobble i'd like to take out.

It's easy if you have a sense of logic…

Ive never used adaptors on park truing stands. I just put the axle through the hub and center it that way?

Purchanse on of these. Fantastic construction quality.

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Put the wheel in the fork, and use a zip tie attached to one of the fork legs as a guide. Easy, and cheap. Works for front and back wheels.

The other thing I'd suggest would be to buy an actual spoke wrench, rather than using one on a multi-tool.

Any 2 leg truing stand will work. They utilize the forces of gravity to hold your wheel in place.

If you want a stand there's only one in the world worth owning:

If you can't (or don't want to) afford it use the ziptie method described above. Buy nice or buy twice.

-m

2nd question, how easy is it to true wheels, its about the one thing i've never messed with before but its about time I learned, I have one old set which are quite wobbly to practice on and the set I use have a slight wobble i'd like to take out.

It's easy to learn, especially if you have a couple of older wheels to practice on. You'll move up to lacing/wheelbuilding pretty quickly.

cheers for the heads up on those adapters and it would be nice to have the park stand above but not looking to spend that much just now. I think i'll give the zipties a go first and see how i get on.

we use the Park jig in that picture in our workshop

just put the 20mm / Maxle through the front hub before loading the wheel into the jig, but make sure you sit the Maxle on the smaller diameter section on the driveside otherwise the wheel will sit crooked in the stand

the axle legs of the Park wheel jig are cut as a wedge shaped slot so you can put even bigger axles in there, I did a Specialized Futureshock E150 with its 25mm axle in our Park jig recently

Like Stu said, just flip the bike over and use the fork legs or chainstay as a reference point. I wouldn't spend money on a truing stand.

I have the Park TS-8 and it works fine. To make sure the dish is correct you just have to flip the wheel. I paid 80 bucks. It is nicer to true the wheel standing and with adjustable guides.

I have the Park TS-8 and it works fine. To make sure the dish is correct you just have to flip the wheel. I paid 80 bucks. It is nicer to true the wheel standing and with adjustable guides.

I second the TS-8, I've been using it for 6 years with no problem. The TS-2 is good but unless you build lots of wheels it's over kill for most but if you have the cash go ahead.

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Sometimes a wobley wheel is better than a straight one. Even spoke tension is more important than straightness. Back in the day I trued a pretty effed up wheel and got it straight as an arrow but first hard railing corner it tacoed like it was on cocaine.