BIKEHAND Bike Wheel Professional Truing Stand Bicycle Wheel Maintenance - Great Tool for Rim Truing with Free Spoke Wrenches and Heavy Duty Base

Two wheel builds in and the stand is great. Aside from the handles and color, it is almost the same as the blue stand for close to half the price (functionally it works identically as the blue stand). The only adjustment after opening the box is centering the calipers. I did the centering adjustment using a properly dished wheel as the template. However, this is entirely a preference thing and not necessary. When truing, I do one side at a time, either by flipping the wheel in the stand or holding back one of the caliper arms with an allen wrench (hex key). Periodically checking the dish with a dishing tool (easily made by bending a 29" length of copper pipe, electrical conduit, or trimming a 2x4 with a jigsaw - youtube). After the wheels are just about tensioned properly, if the dish is off slightly, I do the remaining truing/tensioning with a bias to the side that will pull the rim in proper dish - rarely if ever touching the spokes the other side until the dish is correct and the spokes are at or near their proper tension. Great stand. I highly recommend.Follow up:Most of the negative reviews had to do with the out of the box centering of the calipers. As mentioned in my first post, this is easily adjusted with provided hex key. However, don’t feel like you need to get it perfect. That’s what the dishing tool is for. Is the fit and finish better on the Park stand? Yes, but this is a great stand. You can build a perfect wheel on the frame of your bike using the brakes for lateral adjustment and a ruler for radial adjustments but, so long as you use a dishing tool, the wheel will will turn out just as if you used and expensive stand. Truing stands just make it more convenient.As for dishing tools, a twisted tree branch with a screw in the middle will work just as well as a $300 dishing tool. The Pyramids and the Parthenon were built with highly accurate but rudimentary tools like this. I use a bent section of electrical conduit with a screw in the middle. Gives flawless measurements every time (see picture). If you are considering this stand, don’t let the out of the box caliper setting affect your decision.

Could use a little more QC during assembly when they are aligning the arms. It isn't as bad as it looks in the photo, but the axle holders are not parallel with the base or caliper arm. As mentioned you do have some adjustment with the calipers, but it didn't bother me enough to bother adjusting them. I just flip the wheels over while building to keep an eye on dish. It gets the job done for about half the price of some other stands and I like that you can still true wheels with tires mounted.

I have played with the Park Tool TS-2.2 in the past and it certainly is a fantastic tool, which is why it's a shop standard. I battled long and hard trying to decide which truing stand was right for me. Ultimately I settled on this one because functionally it's almost exactly like the Park version but saving ~$100 was quite appealing.Overall I would have to say that the Park Tool version has a *very* slight advantage, but it's only slight.The knobs on the Park version feel a little better to me and the chrome is nice and shiny. This is pretty inconsequential, so I'd say the biggest advantage is that the Park version has the option of attaching a nice ready-made dedicated base which allows you to tilt the entire TS-2.2 to your liking, plus the base has handy slots for small parts (spoke wrenches, spoke nipples, a small bottle of lube, things like that). The base does not come with the stand and will run you an extra ~$35. Another advantage is that the Park stand comes with removable plastic clips which attach to the end of the calipers, helping to prevent painted rims from being scratched. The Park version also readily accepts dials which measure tolerance (not included), but that's overkill in my opinion as I'm not willing to spend an additional ~$115 on a couple dials - but if you want that sort of thing then Park is probably the way to go.However, that doesn't mean the Bikehand tool is without its own advantages. The calipers are easier to adjust laterally which makes dealing with wheels which are out of dish easier. This is great for wheel building if you are like me and do the dishing process toward the end, but still want to keep your rim true throughout the tensioning process. As you move the wheel closer to dish you can adjust both calipers to compensate via two hex bolts - very easy.Also, the Bikehand tool is much more stable out of the box, the Park version really should be mounted to something whether that be a base of some sort or a bench. Both stands can easily be mounted to a bench. Both stands are shop quality and should easily outlast you provided you give them proper care.These tools are more similar than they are different. The Bikehand tool is just as capable as the Park tool and a competent wheel builder will see very little advantage with the TS-2.2. If you're willing to forego the Park Tool badge then I say save the ~$100 unless the Park Tool-specific features appeal to you.

Really good bit of kit, especially when you consider the more expensive alternatives.If I could change one thing about this truing stand it would be to have plastic boots on the lateral movement indicators. I have ended up putting electrical tape over the ends to stop them from scraping the rim. If anyone knows of an alternative please let me know.I did also have to centre the gauges on first use, but this was fairly easy fix with Allen keys.

Good build quality. Works the exact same as the high end park tool ones. Shipping was nice and fast too. The only thing, is the hub of your tire can’t be super wide. Anything with an 11spd cassette, you’re cutting it close. I have to fully max out the width and then pull the arms of the stand out even a little further than the max adjustment to be able to force my 11spd mtb wheel from my trance in it. Don’t think anything 12 speed would fit (at least with a mtb style hub). And anything plus size or fat tire would be a little sketchy, since the hubs are so wide. If they could get those arms to extend even a cm or two wider, it would be perfect. Overall, great for the price!

I'm not a big fan of reviewing an item before I've used it... I wasn't so sure about dishing out $200 plus for a truing stand, but this little stand was worth it. With the way the jaws are built, you can dial it in to a rim and adjust side wobble and out-of-round at the same time. The spoke keys work really nicely on regular bike rims, however if you're working on REALLY small rims, they won't fit on. I've trued a couple 29" rims, all the way down to a couple 8" rims on a little strider bike, and it worked pretty well in either case.

I am very impressed with the build quality of this truing stand. It's a very close replica of the venerable Park stand, at a much lower price point. It did require some setup and initial adjustment time, but now I (nor any of my friends) will ever have to a bike shop again for any wheel truing issues! I've just finished building a deep section carbon wheelset on this stand.

Can you build a wheel without a trueing stand? Perhaps if you know what you are doing. I purchased the Bike Hand tool as I was struggling with trueing my wheels when they were in a bike frame. The stand is solid can be, Its is as adjustable as a Park Tool (my LBS suggests ParkTools aren't as good quality as they used to be). Could not recommend this stand any higher for enthusiasts use.