Is it worth it to buy a used Ts 2 truing stand with TS-2EXT.3 adaptor for 29 mtb wheels instead of buying a Ts 2.2 brand new?
depends on the price difference. Truing stands aren't rocket science. You're unlikely to be missing out on any new features.
I'm pretty sure you can fit 29" mtb wheels in a TS-2 without the extensions as long as you take the tire off.
Taking the tire off to true the wheel is ridiculous. Another reason to not ever buy Enve.
depends how often you're doing it.
In a shop doing 5-10 wheels a day? Definitely.
At home if you can save $100 on the stand and it's only gonna be 1-2 times a year? I'd probably live with it. I mostly only use the stand for wheel building anyway.
Do you guys use any nipple prep with DT Pro Lock Squorx? I was thinking maybe some grease
Here is how I prep my rims and nipples before a build, but using Sapim spokes and Polyax Secure Lock. I'd do the same if using DT.
Inside of the rim around the spoke hole I give it some Sram Butter with an inverted nippel on a spoke. My nipples are put in a strainer and then submerged into some WPL Fork Oil 10WT. I dip the threads of the spokes into the WPL oil aswell.
Putting lubricants in all the right places. SRAM Butter is a very light grease, though; you might as well use the thickest grease you can get between the rim and the nipples.
Putting lubricants in all the right places. SRAM Butter is a very light grease, though; you might as well use the thickest grease you can get between the rim and the nipples.
As I see it and use it, I only need the nipple to tighten at it's best when building the wheel. Tho i've never had any binding nipples on well worn)used wheels that needed some truing. The Sram Butter seems to do the job.
What's people's approach to tension dropping after the tyre is fitted and inflated? Do you do anything about preemptively or once the tyre is fitted (which would not aways be an option I suppose) or just build to the desired tension and leave it at that?
What's people's approach to tension dropping after the tyre is fitted and inflated? Do you do anything about preemptively or once the tyre is fitted (which would not aways be an option I suppose) or just build to the desired tension and leave it at that?
I set the tension without the tire seated/inflated, and then revisit and re-tension after a few rides, with the tire still installed.
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