[slowgoat]

I know you can use a Park TS 4.2 to true 197mm hubs (have a Trek Farley 5), but they are pricey.

The Farley comes with Mulefut 80mm rims.

I already have a TS 2.2, so I'd rather not drop $430 on a truing stand.

Called Park and asked if the TS 2.2 extensions would work with my stand, they said it was a no go.

I want to maintain my wheels, and maybe build up a second wheelset.

What other options other than DIY are out there for the 27.5 wheels?

 

[blcman]

You can do it old school by rigging a zip tie or something on the frame or fork for a reference point and true it on the bike!
Having a tension meter is more important in my mind. It's not like you are going space and have to be perfect or you die! Haha!

 

[mike_kelly]

I use a Feedback sports stand for fat bike wheels.

 

[Bumpyride]

I just trued it on the bike. You can do it on a stand, or flip the bike over. Zip ties work, or you can clean the wheel and use a pencil held against the frame to find and mark the out of true spokes. Works either side.

You can do it old school by rigging a zip tie or something on the frame or fork for a reference point and true it on the bike!
Having a tension meter is more important in my mind. It's not like you are going space and have to be perfect or you die! Haha!

 

[OneTrustMan]

You can also buy a few alloy profiles and make your own truing stand.

 

[Arm&Hammer]

Sell your current one and buy the Park, I did that years ago and it was only $75 difference 👍

 

[NYrr496]

I built a ton of 197, 26" 100mm wheels on my 2.2 with the extensions. I'll be building a set of 27.5 x 80mm wheels as soon as the hubs show up. I'll dust off the 2.2 and see if it fits. I have the 4.2 now and my poor 2.2 sits unloved. It built a lot of wheels.

 

[Arm&Hammer]

I built a ton of 197, 26" 100mm wheels on my 2.2 with the extensions. I'll be building a set of 27.5 x 80mm wheels as soon as the hubs show up. I'll dust off the 2.2 and see if it fits. I have the 4.2 now and my poor 2.2 sits unloved. It built a lot of wheels.

Not truing with tires on the 2.2.

 

[OneTrustMan]

I built a ton of 197, 26" 100mm wheels on my 2.2 with the extensions. I'll be building a set of 27.5 x 80mm wheels as soon as the hubs show up. I'll dust off the 2.2 and see if it fits. I have the 4.2 now and my poor 2.2 sits unloved. It built a lot of wheels.

The Parktool 4.2 is a beast. I have one. I can true even a wheel with a 4.8 tire on it.
This is probably the only truing stand that someone needs unless you are into 36" wheels.

 

[NYrr496]

Not truing with tires on the 2.2.

Oh yeah. That's absolutely true. I was only thinking of building them

 

[slowgoat]

Thanks for the replies.

I was actually thinking of building a wooden truing stand like Munson's book. Would have to be scaled up.

Or buying the 4.2 stand and selling the 2.2 (like someone suggested).

So if you take the tires off a 197 mm hub 27.5 wheelset with the 2.2 extensions it will work to true the wheelset? That is tempting.

 

[slowgoat]

I use a Feedback sports stand for fat bike wheels.

Mike, can you get a 27.5 wheel on that stand? Not too much flex?

 

[slowgoat]

Sell your current one and buy the Park, I did that years ago and it was only $75 difference 👍

Once I sell mine on ebay (for the going rate, minus fees) it's probably more like a $225 - $275 difference. That's a lot of cheddar cheese !

$439 it looks like for the new price on a 4.2 stand? Good ole Covid.

 

[Arm&Hammer]

Once I sell mine on ebay (for the going rate, minus fees) it's probably more like a $225 - $275 difference. That's a lot of cheddar cheese !

$439 it looks like for the new price on a 4.2 stand? Good ole Covid.

Dang, I did this a few years back. That is crazy.

 

[Paochow]

I use a Feedback sports stand for fat bike wheels.

Are you using the full length threaded rod version or the older QR style throw lever version? The newer threaded rod version won’t fit a 197mm thru axle hub. I just built a fat wheelset, but had to remove the disc side hub spacer to get it to fit, but then had to find my old QR mount when I flipped the wheel around. May have to just source a longer threaded rod for future builds as I don’t like the sag that can occur with the QR mounts.

 

[gonzo]

I know you can use a Park TS 4.2 to true 197mm hubs (have a Trek Farley 5), but they are pricey.

The Farley comes with Mulefut 80mm rims.

I already have a TS 2.2, so I'd rather not drop $430 on a truing stand.

Called Park and asked if the TS 2.2 extensions would work with my stand, they said it was a no go.

I want to maintain my wheels, and maybe build up a second wheelset.

What other options other than DIY are out there for the 27.5 wheels?

You can use your frame as a guide! Follow these steps in order.

• for Rear build: 1) turn all nipples on spoke to where the threads just disappear. 2) Turn drive side nipples 2 turns, turn non-drive side 1 turn.
• eye ball the center of the frame and continue to turn one side more than the other. Always turn spokes on each side the same number of turns to keep the rim from getting a hop.
• As you build tension just turn the loose spokes a bit more to have equal tension on that side.
• Finally just tension the spokes to get the wheel striaght..........

 

[mike_kelly]

Are you using the full length threaded rod version or the older QR style throw lever version? The newer threaded rod version won’t fit a 197mm thru axle hub. I just built a fat wheelset, but had to remove the disc side hub spacer to get it to fit, but then had to find my old QR mount when I flipped the wheel around. May have to just source a longer threaded rod for future builds as I don’t like the sag that can occur with the QR mounts.

I am not quite sure what you are talking about, probably because I have never seen one of the versions. But I built my 197 hub wheels with mine. It comes with two thru hole attachments, a 12mm and a 15mm and any QR works for 9/10mm.

 

[Cerpss]

Once I sell mine on ebay (for the going rate, minus fees) it's probably more like a $225 - $275 difference. That's a lot of cheddar cheese !

$439 it looks like for the new price on a 4.2 stand? Good ole Covid.

Don't wait too long if you want to buy one. Most places are out of stock. I'm in the United States and had to buy mine from the UK because there were no US places that had them in stock in December

 

[Paochow]

I am not quite sure what you are talking about, probably because I have never seen one of the versions. But I built my 197 hub wheels with mine. It comes with two thru hole attachments, a 12mm and a 15mm and any QR works for 9/10mm.

The newer version comes with this long threaded rod, which holds the wheel more securely, esp for those hubs that have long endcaps (Hope). Downside is it won’t work with 197mm hubs. Thru Axle Adapter | Feedback Sports | Wheel & Rotor Truing Station