Fouriers Quick True Tool - Review

Nov 1, 2017
by Mike Levy  
Fouriers Quick True Tool


Out of all the repairs that one could do on their bike, it's wheel truing that some riders find the most intimidating. And for good reason; while wheel building and truing certainly call for some know-how, it's often labeled as being a black art that requires a long white beard and two decades of shop rat experience to understand. That's bullocks, of course, but you do need the correct tools, and having an expensive (and bulky) truing stand isn't something most riders considering splashing out for, especially those that don't have room for a shop setup. But there is a smaller, less expensive route...

Quick True Tool Details

• Intended use: minor wheel truing
• Can also be used to straighten rotors
• Quick-release rubber straps
• Spring loaded, non-marring Delrin tip
• Includes two spoke wrenches
• Weight: 158 grams
• MSRP: $30 - 40 USD
• www.fouriers-bike.com
Fouriers, an Asian brand mostly known for their chain guides and other components, offers their Quick True Tool as a portable truing gadget that can be strapped to a fork leg, chain stay, or seat stay. No, the $30 - 40 USD (pricing isn't locked in quite yet) Quick True isn't meant to be a shop tool, but rather something that you can throw in your vehicle if you're heading out on a road trip, or maybe if you need to only occasionally touch up your wheels but don't need a full-sized stand.

So, is this thing any better than a strapping a zip-tie to your frame to do the same task? Let's find out.


Fouriers Quick True Tool
The Quick True Tool takes up far less space than a real truing stand, and it's designed to be used for minor wheel straightening.


Design

When you have a wheel that needs some love, you'd usually pull it off your bike and stick it into a traditional truing stand, then use the stand's feeler gauges on each side of the rim to let you easily sight (and hear) exactly where you need to make an adjustment. To use the Quick True Tool, you leave the wheel on your bike and wrap the tool's rubber straps around the fork or frame to hold it in place, thereby turning your bike into the world's most expensive truing stand.


Fouriers Quick True Tool
Fouriers Quick True Tool
Soft rubber straps (left) hold the tool's base onto your frame or fork, and the rubber boot (right) that the tool sits in keeps it from sliding around and scratching your bike's paint.


The threaded feeler gauge, which has a spring-loaded Delrin tip that won't mar your rim when it makes contact with it, is adjusted vertically on an unthreaded rod that can be angled as needed. The angle of that rod can be tweaked by loosening an anodized green dial, as can the position of the feeler gauge. The whole thing is very adjustable, and it'll work on everything from a kid's bike to a road bike to a fat bike, front or rear, regardless of wheel size or ever-changing standards. Construction is aluminum, and it seems to be nicely made, and the base itself sits inside of a rubber sock to keep it from marking up your bike.


Fouriers Quick True Tool
Fouriers Quick True Tool
The feeler gauge (left) is adjusted by threading it in or out, and by sliding it up or down the unthreaded rod. Fouriers uses a spring-loaded Delrin tip (right) that won't mark up your expensive carbon rim, too.



Performance


Installing the Quick True Tool onto your bike is only a matter of stretching the two mounting bands around your seat stay and hooking them over the anchors on the opposite side of the tool. The straps and rubber boot that the tool fits into keeps it from slipping or marking up your frame, so there's no need to pull the straps too tight. Once it's on, it won't move around, and you slide the threaded gauge down over the post and use the green dials to lock things in place when it's all lined up.

Once the mount is strapped to your bike and lined up, all you need to do is thread the feeler gauge in or out until it's around 0.5 to 1.0mm away from the rim and so that the Delrin tip only makes light contact where it's out of true.


Fouriers Quick True Tool Install

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If you've ever used a truing stand, you'll already know how to straighten the wheel with the Quick True Tool by bringing the Delrin tip closer and closer to the rim's wobble until it's straightened as much you can without being overly picky. Because there's a single feeler gauge that works from just one side (a traditional truing stand works from both sides), you will need to mount the tool on the side that requires attention, and possibly switch it from one side to the other if the rim has a good wiggle in it. That said, it's not like we're using rim brakes anymore, and our wheels don't need to be arrow straight these days.

It probably doesn't need to be said, but I'll say it anyway: with the wheel on your bike, and the tire still on the wheel, you can't effectively use the Quick True Tool to take out on vertical hops in the rim. Sure, you could just sight the hop relative to the feeler gauge, but this tool is more of a quick fix helper (hence the name) than a shop-grade item. If you need to do any serious wheel work, use a proper truing stand.

One other thing worth mentioning is the killer instructions that come with the tool; not only are there both photos and written instructions, but there's even a short truing tutorial on how to use the included spoke wrench. And speaking of the spoke wrench, it's a double-ender with an aluminum handle and steel nipple flats that fit nice and tight. Again, nothing but quality.
Fouriers Quick True Tool
The double-ended spoke wrench is aluminum with steel wrench flats, and it's just as high-quality as the rest of the tool.



Fouriers Quick True Tool
A zip-tie works, sure, but this machined aluminum tool with three-way adjustments and a spring-loaded Delrin tip is going to appeal to the nerds out there, including me.


I can't say that this gizmo isn't well made, but I bet that I know what you're thinking: couldn't a zip-tie do the same thing? Yeah, and you can buy a bag of 1,000 zip-ties for $20 USD, meaning that the Quick True Tool is up against a $0.02 strip of plastic. Of course, you could just use a big rock for a hammer, too, couldn't you?

This one is definitely not a "must have" tool for the home mechanic, but it's also about the same price as a meal for two at Applebee's (without booze) and, unlike those chicken wings, it should last a lifetime. The Quick True Tool works as advertised, and I used it to straighten a few aluminum rims and one carbon hoop without having to take any of the wheels off the bike, but it's certainly more of a nice convenience than extremely helpful - a proper truing stand can't be beat when it comes to big jobs. And yes, a zip-tie can be used to do the same thing but, as a guy who likes to have nice tools on hand, I'll reach for this little gizmo instead of a zip-tie every single time.


Fouriers Quick True Tool
Fouriers Quick True Tool
A zip-tie versus the Quick True Tool... what's your pick?



Pinkbike's Take:
bigquotesIf your tool inventory consists of a rusty multi-tool and an equally rusty hammer, both of which you store on the floor in your garage, you'll probably never consider this gadget. Yes, the Quick True Tool does the same job as a zip-tie, but those who enjoy using nice tools might not look at it that way. I do have a full-sized truing stand in my shop, but when it comes to minor rim straightening, I found the strap-on Fouriers tool to be helpful.— Mike Levy




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195 Comments
  • 208 3
 Wait, a handy tool that doesn't cost an arm and a leg? Are you sure this is compatible with MTBs?
  • 284 3
 Trek currently working on redesigning seatstays and chainstays to prevent this from being mounted.
  • 24 0
 I do the same shit with a twig and a rubber band. This tool gets style points though!
  • 35 1
 @atrokz: I guess Specialized is ahead of Trek and have already started producing a tool that will only fit on their own frames.
  • 74 0
 @lRaphl: It will be named Seatstay Hidden Integrated Truing Tool.
  • 22 1
 @Ron-C: SHITT....sounds like a nice tool name to me!
  • 7 3
 @maxlombardy: A used wad of chewing gum and a hair off my ass will work just as well. ;-)
  • 7 1
 Zip-tie for the win!
  • 6 0
 ziptie = minimalist carbon option so light you can leave it installed
  • 4 1
 I have been using 2 zip ties cut down and they cost about 50 cents. Been doing this for 2 decades and do not need a tool except for the spoke wrench
  • 1 0
 ... but how does one pronounce the company name?... "Four Ears"?
  • 3 2
 @atrokz: I've found my zip ties less accurate since the invention of unequal length chainstays. Need an old bike rear end.
  • 1 0
 @maxlombardy: yep hair ties and a broken in half pencil
  • 3 0
 @Worm-Burner: I think its pronounced the same way a Canadian says the number 4.. Four ehhh
  • 5 0
 @maxlombardy: I steadily hold my finger against the rim, ha ha.
  • 1 0
 @FarmerJohn: confirmed ehh!
  • 2 0
 @choppertank3e: your comment makes no sense!!! Just stick one each side and you're sorted. Or buy a full on trueing stand like I didn't...
  • 1 0
 @cunning-linguist: If your wheel is closer to one side than the other and you don't put them on until after your wheel is out of whack how long do you make the zip ties?
  • 1 0
 @choppertank3e: measure distance between stays, less rim width, equally apportion. Job done! Then the wheel when true should sit directly in the centre.
  • 51 0
 i dont get it...
real world= i use a zip-tie, everybody makes fun of me for being a cheapskate
pinkbike comments= sounds like everyone is using zip ties.

i'm getting a feeling i'm either in bad company, or this board doesn't really represent the average rider that much.
  • 107 0
 Zip tie - that's a great idea! I've been using my thumb for the last 15 years.
  • 7 1
 @tremeer023: Thumb mostly but every now and then splash out on a zip tie (or know where my snips are is more to the point). When racing I true to tension and not to true, I find that lasts longer.
  • 15 0
 @betsie: Thumbs? Zip tie?? I use my eye balls for true precision.
  • 2 0
 Screw that, elastic band and a pencil! Lol
  • 4 2
 I'm using a transparent ruler instead of a pencil. This way I can also check my dish at the same time.
  • 15 0
 @tremeer023: the thumb will never find the spot as quickly as the mighty index finger.
  • 6 5
 @Schizo

The people you talked to are FAP-A-WATTs. Find A Problem And Whine All The Time
  • 2 1
 I use toothpicks and rubber bands or my girlfriends hair ties. Had my rims rolling paper true using this method (as in there was less than the thickness if a rolling paper in wobble).
  • 15 0
 @Charlton1992: cholk and rubber band and you just have to look for the white spots to know where to true
  • 18 0
 @LoganKM1982: how do you get her to lie still for long enough?
  • 2 0
 @BenPea: He trues his wheels while they are... never mind.
  • 4 1
 Wait til Doddy pops out
  • 5 0
 @Poulsbojohnny: I don't think we're the focus group this company would have hoped for. The state of this comment section...
  • 1 0
 Happy to hear that everyone else is using zip ties / twist ties too. Cheap, effective, as accurate as these screw-precision gadgets, and already in my toolbox for many reasons.

Twist tie truing: bmxunion.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/zip-tie-wheel-truing-bmx-video.jpg
  • 1 0
 Yep. Zip tie. Most of my bikes have a permanent one on the stay. Still have a truing stand for the rare build though.
  • 1 0
 @lRaphl: ruler across seat stays with blu tack, gets my rims sorted for me in every axis. But I have to take the tyre off for that, so when out and about it's releasable zip tie.
  • 2 0
 @tremeer023: Pretty hard on your manicure though?
  • 1 0
 I'm cheaper, I just use my finger or whatever tool I have in reach to hold against the frame or fork. and I build wheels the same way, which come out pin straight and true...
  • 2 0
 The one eye squint.
  • 2 0
 @Braindrain: All zip ties are releasable if you know how.
  • 2 1
 @choppertank3e: the forgotten dark art...
  • 1 0
 @choppertank3e: Oh Jesus! now I'll be doing that...LOL
Where does it end....
  • 2 0
 @WAKIdesigns: Not forgotten, it's the unspoken dark art..
  • 3 0
 @choppertank3e: do you pick yours up off the street too?
  • 5 1
 @BenPea: HA! I do! When I find a fat black one I get that rush like when picking mushrooms and finding an edible one! To the point when my kids are already telling me - Dad, a plastic strap thingy for you! My son brought me one lately, he probably found it in some ditch with a dead cat in it.
  • 3 0
 @WAKIdesigns: That's probably what killed the cat.
My kids have also been trained in the art. If I can get them to sniff out psylocybes as well then we'll be cooking.
  • 2 0
 @richierocket: tell me about it. Costs a fortune...
  • 2 0
 @WAKIdesigns: not just me, that's ace!!!!'
  • 1 0
 @BornOnTwo: Isn't that painful?
  • 24 6
 Why even use a zip tie when your finger rested against the seat stay/fork works just fine?
  • 14 4
 The zip tie wont move..
  • 29 0
 @BobbyLite: Wait, are you saying I've got shaky fingers? Cause if you are......we're gonna have a problem.
  • 97 0
 @zepper: If you've got shaky fingers just zip tie them to your frame/fork!
  • 1 0
 @BobbyLite: or be as easily adjusted.
  • 6 2
 the finger method works well enough for me too
  • 3 0
 the finger method has the advantage of you are using feel over sound when compared to the zip tie.

I have so many dngs in my rims just now that I have to use the spoke centers to straighten (defo not true) my wheels
  • 6 0
 @betsie: Yeah, but the zip tie method has the advantage of a free beer sippin' hand!
  • 3 0
 @RafaGamas: That's what she.... ... uses for quick wheel truing too...
  • 30 0
 finger method is cheaper- zip ties are for dentists.
  • 8 1
 I zip tie my finger on the chainstay.
  • 4 0
 @scottzg: Comment of the thread!
  • 12 3
 Was going to say something cynical but it's really not a bad idea... but the cost delta is just too much (and a zip tie really does the same essential job... the rock as a hammer analogy doesn't even fit).
  • 4 2
 Sure a zip tie works, but you use it, cut it off and into the bin it goes. This tool prevents plastic land fill. Me, I always use an awl.
  • 5 0
 @Poulsbojohnny: I’ve seen zip ties still on with people riding the bike.
  • 10 0
 @Poulsbojohnny: I've had the same zip tie on the chain stay of my commuter for exactly this purpose for about 17 years. No need to remove it.

There's less plastic in a zip tie than in the packaging of this tool, never mind the energy cost of manufacture.
  • 3 0
 @Poulsbojohnny: I leave it on, just spin it out of the way, then spin it back as needed. duh
  • 1 0
 @Poulsbojohnny: They make releasable / reusable Zipties you know. They're pretty awesome for stuff like bundling cables or wires and then being able to revisit the job w/o cutting & replacing the ties.
  • 3 1
 @Poulsbojohnny: any zip tie can be reused, just open the locking teeth and slide it off
  • 2 0
 Releasable zip ties help.
  • 2 1
 I use rim brakes for that reason. Out of true and I'll notice it right away, so I can fix it right away
  • 9 0
 Why does it sound like everyone is trying to perform precision wheel trues on the trail? Do that shit on a stand BEFORE heading out.
  • 2 0
 If you don't have a stand, don't have the money for it, nor enough room in your apartment, maybe this is the most accurate option? (For precision wheel truing)
  • 10 1
 Yet another solution to a problem that i didnt have. I do like nice things though.
  • 6 0
 Trueness is overrated. Uniform spoke tension is under-rated. Using a tool like this to get a whacked rim back into true will almost always mean some overtensioned spokes and some undertensioned spokes, which quickly spell the demise of a wheel.

Better to forget about it being perfectly true (which is what a tool like this is used for) and get your spoke tension right and let your wheel wobble a little bit.
  • 4 1
 Yep. I'll true by ear in a pinch. Tap every spoke and tighten the thuddy ones til they sound like the rest.
  • 3 1
 100% agree.
  • 1 0
 Completely. Ping em to check tension, true em only when the rear wobble gets annoying on pavement. And really, thats pretty much never with carbon.
  • 1 0
 Ehhh!?
Please explain!!
  • 1 0
 @mtbfunfunfun: If your question is about truing by ear: Spokes are under a lot of tension, so when you tap them with a piece of dowel or a long allen wrench, they make a nice 'ting' noise. If one of the spokes is loose, then it will be under less tension and therefore make a lower pitched noise (or, if really bad, a thud). So you can check tension by tapping all your spokes and listening to the pitch of each: ting ting ting TANG ting ting - tighten up the 'tang' spoke until it goes 'ting' like all the rest. If your rim has a flat spot or a genuine buckle, this may not 'straighten' the rim, but it will make sure the wheel has even tension across it (see gumbytex's original comment). Out on the trail, gumbytex's comment is proven in its most raw form when someone breaks a spoke - the rim will pull to the opposite side. What you have to do is loosen the two spokes next to the broken spoke. This was more important when we ran rim brakes as the rim would rub hard on the brakes and not turn.

Note that tightening one spoke has an effect on the tension of the spokes nearby, so go slowly and tap a lot and tighten a little one spoke at a time. Hopefully the majority of spokes will be at the factory tension and you'll eventually achieve that even tension again. Note that this is only when spokes are genuinely loose or unwinding - fixing/truing wheels is a combo of both tightening and loosening.
  • 4 0
 When is it supposed to be available? I tried to go buy one before finishing the article and now I'm sad, how am I supposed to fill the emptiness inside without frivolous purchases?

On a somewhat unrelated note:

IN youth my legs were strong and tireless,
But I did not have a wallet.
In age I had a wallet
But my weary legs could not follow my vision—
Ripping is wallet and youth
(credit to Edgar Lee Masters: i>Alexander Thockmorton/i>, Spoon River Anthology)
  • 9 0
 Rip Tom Petty
  • 2 0
 Frown
  • 6 2
 Because a pencil and an O-ring/elastic band/duct tape is too difficult for some people. Let's charge them $40 to take the "engineering" out of their problem for them.

www.madegood.org/wp-content/themes/madegood/gallery/bikes/check-the-truth-of-a-rim/2.jpg
  • 5 0
 Artisanal pencil--$40.
  • 2 1
 shop geeks who like nice tools will appreciate this. a full truing stand will run you $300
  • 3 1
 @ceecee: Organic Artisanal pencil $80
  • 2 0
 @djhardline: but is it gluten free?
  • 1 0
 picture of roadbike wheel does not compute.
  • 2 0
 @zephxiii: some pretty great engineering right there. A pencil which will leave graphite dust ( a lubricant) on the roadies braking surface.
  • 4 1
 You could have it attached to your bike along with your tool kit in steerer and crank spindle plus your SWAT or tool box water bottle. With proper advertising (billboard jersey and or bike) you could be a mobile on trail bike shop that gets paid in energy gel to keep you going... just having fun with the mental image. Nice little tool, wouldn't mind it in the tool box for traveling.
  • 1 0
 That doesn't sound like the worst idea haha
  • 5 2
 And all you geniuses out there using zip ties really think these work more accurately than this new tool? Honestly, I have been frustrated with bent zipties all these years, not being able to set them square towards the rim on the fork i.e., been fighting with welds on seatstays which don't allow a right positioning either. I have been waiting for a tool like this!
  • 1 0
 hi, its great to see a bit of competition. i came up with this idea years ago but only managed to get it out there in jan2016 and yes you can already buy mine. just search for Wheel-tru. let me know what you think. cheers brian
  • 2 0
 Add a pen and another zip tie to that zip tie, and you're truly talking adjustability.

(I've been using my finger for all minor truing jobs on my bikes for ages. Hold around fork, point finger, true.)
  • 2 0
 Amen, brother. For the sort of quick-and-dirty truing I'd do on my own, a finger on the frame/fork has been quite sufficient - I've thought of the zip tie as overkill for that kind of job; much less this thing. Taking this on the trail (or even in the car) seems unnecessary, and for the garage, if I'm going to invest $50 in a tool, I'd opt for a derailleur hanger alignment tool over this any day (actually, I have - and that one sees a fair amount of use, whereas I find myself chasing wobbles with a finger only every few months).
  • 2 0
 @g-42: "I find myself chasing wobbles with a finger only every few months." I'll just leave that there.
  • 1 0
 @BenPea: when it's done​ right, you don't need to do it often. Wait,is it something one could want to do regularly?
  • 1 0
 @Uuno: ignore me, my mind is made of dirt.
  • 1 0
 @BenPea: that means you can shape it as you like? Sweet
  • 1 0
 @BenPea: Dude, no fair, now I have to wipe the coffee off my screen and keyboard that I snorted on there after reading your comment Wink
  • 1 0
 @g-42: Mission accomplished.
  • 4 3
 Great idea, but waaay too much money and complication. I designed and 3d printed basically the same thing several months ago. Works great, but I'd be embarrassed to ask more than a few bucks for one, much less make it out of a lot of expensive aluminum. Nicely designed and made, but it's overkill.
  • 3 1
 @RunsWithScissors It doesn't look complicating at all really and its actually very well priced. How is it overkill? I'd rather spend 40 on this then anywhere from 150-400 on a truing stand!!
  • 4 0
 @mhoshal: Look at the one I printed. It's on my page in the shop photos. About a half hour of design time, about a half hour of print time, about 25 cents' worth of plastic, and even THAT is more than you really need. A twig and a hair tie does the same job. The job doesn't justify a tool that expensive, no matter how nicely made that tool is. A titanium butter knife would be pretty cool to look at, too, but it wouldn't butter a bagel any better than a plastic knife, it would just leave you less able to afford bagels...
  • 1 0
 @RunsWithScissors: heat the knife up, then butter. Not a needed tool but at the price of easy convenient precision. Hahaha this thing is really a waste of money though.
  • 4 0
 @RunsWithScissors: dude a titanium knife would definitely butter a bagel better than a plastic knife.
  • 1 0
 @mhoshal: the feedback sports truing stand can be had for 90USD. only thing it doesn't do is dish
  • 3 0
 @PJD1: Heat up the knife, then do some hot knives. Then eat the warm buttery bagel. mmmmm.
  • 1 0
 @xeren: Flip the wheel over.
  • 2 0
 @warmerdamj: mmmmmmm
  • 5 0
 Question is will it fit an orange ???
  • 2 0
 No.
  • 2 0
 A fork with rim brakes? No.
A Lefty fork? Only if the wobble is to the left. If the wobble is to the right, use this tool with a Righty fork.
Polygon or Marin frame with R3act rear suspension? See Orange.
Super aerodynamic road time trial or triathlon bike fork? Not likely.

Fair enough, there are more than enough bikes where this should work just fine if you don't happen to have a zip tie handy.
  • 4 0
 @vinay: If you have rim brakes and can't figure out where your wheel is out of true than you have bigger problems!
  • 1 0
 @vinay: just turn the bars around till you have the fork on the right for the Lefty
  • 2 1
 P.s. Keep an eye peeled for the Kim Jong Un Signature Edition, delivered directly a few thousand feet above your doorstep. I hear he's also working on 'something special' with Nukeproof. You don't have to live like a refugee.
  • 2 0
 I just ride until the wheel is threatening to taco itself then take it to the shop, I haven't a clue about wheel trying, it's probably the only thing I haven't been able to do
  • 1 0
 I don't use zip tie, because then I'll have to discard it after I cut it from the frame. So wasteful.. I use a bit of plastic covered wire, the kind you use to tie up plants and a cotton swab. My Wheels are perfectly true. I wonder if anyone believe what I wrote is true...
  • 1 0
 I have made this pixhost.org/show/242/55767892_img_20170711_155124.jpg on 3D printer when didn't had truing stand on hand and bashed wheel.

Need to fix few things (tip corner is on wrong side), want to improve a little bit fit to tight space on road bike and will publish it on Thingiverse.com

Advantage of my design to Fouriers is you don't need to remove mudguard.
  • 1 0
 "Side note"
Does the fact that Mike Levy rides a Rocky Mtn. Altitude make you wanna buy one even more? Aside from the fact that they just wanna be in the air all the time like the badass Canadian falcon they are...
  • 2 0
 I think this is a killer idea, but the reason I use zip ties is because I am too cheap to buy a truing stand.... and if I buy this I could buy a half asses truing stand
  • 2 2
 Pencil for me too, or better yet a fineliner. lets you see the contact points very easily. For something like this and for the price it should have a touch or vibration sensor tied into a piezo and led for easy visuals and audio feedback. Hell these days it should probably have Bluetooth and a phone app with a vibration or magnetic field display or something. Just not worth the money.
  • 2 0
 Why waste money on a zip tie when you can lay your bike on the ground and just stomp on the bent part of the wheel until its straight?
  • 3 0
 "strap on" truing tool and "double ender" spoke key..... @mikelevy is this pinknbike or pornhub?
  • 1 0
 I've been building wheels using the zip tie method, for the past 10 years (which equates to maybe 5 pairs)
one day, when ive got the space, 'ill build a stand. Don't see me ever buying one.
  • 1 0
 How long does it take to remove a wheel and put it in your truing stand? It is a pretty tool. As much as I like shiny things.....
  • 3 2
 if you don't have a truing stand with you on the road, it takes a real long time to take your wheel out and put it in a truing stand.
  • 3 0
 Down for cool, well made tools that actually help you get stuff done!
  • 5 4
 With carbon wheels allegedly (anecdotally speaking) never needing to be trued, this tool couldn’t have been released at a worse time.
  • 5 0
 Good point. They stay straight until they're in three pieces. Silly carbon rims.
  • 1 0
 This thing is not even as good as a zip tie. The bendability of the zip tie is superior to this because it allows truing of extremely warped rims without gouging the side.
  • 2 0
 But the Delrin tip of this strap-on is spring loaded. You'll need the long-travel version with the Kashima knobs in order to match the performance of your finger.
  • 1 0
 @ceecee: spring loaded zip ties dude...problem solved.
  • 1 2
 If your rim is extremely warped, take it off the bike and do it proper. Or, pay someone to do it for you...
  • 1 0
 A zip tie is better when traveling. At home a truing stand is better. You couldn't pay me to use this tool.
  • 2 0
 @Poulsbojohnny: Not quite. If you happen to warp your wheel on your ride there is a direct urgency to do it on the spot. It is a bit of a waste of ride time to bother with minimal adjustment. Leave those for when you're back home and do it properly on a truing stand.
  • 2 0
 How come I can't find it on their website. This seems like an epic fail to me.
  • 2 0
 It's not available to buy quite yet, which is why the MSRP hasn't been locked in.
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 I use a white Crayola Crayons.. it leaves a mark where you need to work on your wheel and it rubs off easily!
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 This would be a great tool for my tool box, but a zip tie is in the Camelback.
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 Anyone else click on the article expecting the price to be more than double what it was?
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 I was surprised at the projected MSRP, too. Not saying it'd be worth it, but the tool looks like it would cost $80 USD.
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 Rip top petty.i wouldn’t mind having this tool laying around,pay for itself after one use basically
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 If you think you need this crap, you should not be working on wheels....
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 100% true
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 I was preparing to be horrified with a $100+ price tag on this but I was pleasantly surprised by the $40.

Handy to chuck in your race weekend toolbox I guess...
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 Yes a zip tie will work but its a crude fix. two coffee stir sticks and some tape is vastly superior. Then you have gauges on both sides.
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 It's nice to see that this won't leave a dent in your wallet. For only 30-40 USD, I'll take two. One for home and one to keep in my riding bag
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 I think every tool works better when tom petty is played in the background.
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 Awesome idea but I will stick to my zip tie and put that 30-40 dollars towards my after ride taco/burrito/burger fund
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 Not to mention a tiewrap is a bit lighter as well. Must say it is a nice looking tool but not something worth the extra room and weight TBH..
  • 2 0
 how many pencils and zip ties can you afford?
  • 3 1
 My frame did not asked to be turned into a truing stand
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 True tool...beer...true tool...beer...can I borrow your zip tie? I’ll get more beer!
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 A ZIP TIE. The end, send all saved $ directly to me.
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 Fie on your gadgets and your zip ties! I just rid my rims until they wobble uncontrollably, and then replace the rim.
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 You're quite the idiot ain't ya?
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 I guess who the idiot is depends on whether you believe I'm really serious or not.
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 Sure sure...
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 I still have to turn spoke nipples by hand? Shouldn't we have RoboTrue by now?
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 I just rest the old chap on the seat stay leaving both hands for any adjustments ,better than wasting a zip tie
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 Why doesn’t rocky mtb make a dual link bike?
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 they do, it's horst link. one long link lower, one short link upper.
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 Pencil and a rubber band.
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 Could be good for building wheels use a zip ties for doing that y'all
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 I got i 9 s they never go out of true
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 Way to go PB readers, the guys just trying to make a buck. Now he's going to have to get a real job!
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 A zip tie.. thanks
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 Does it solve for the eigenmodes of your rim ripple
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 why the f*ck did I not think of this?
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 You also probably didn't think about a pencil and rubber band.
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 because you were too busy riding your bike. :-)
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 @flashpoint50: The dude that designed this does ride his bike, a lot, and very well too. I've ridden with him before. He's a mechanic for a good shop in Oregon. He designed this, and the Gnar Bar, years ago, and has recently partnered with Foriers to market & distribute his creations.
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 Price is reasonable but I'm really skeptical of the tools utility. Now that we have disc brakes a small rim wobble is not a catastrophe and we can focus on equalizing spoke tension (simply plucking.) A big rim wobble you don't need an indicator....

Mike you know about wheels, not sure why you're recommending this. I agree its a much better value than a meal at applebees but so is a kick in the crotch.
  • 1 0
 20$ vs. 20 cents...nuff said
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 I just use my middle finger...
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 Does it wash your bike too?
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 Why only minor wheel trues?
  • 1 0
 Cable tie life all day.
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 wish i could buy it now
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 Sully!
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 Exactly! So nice to see him doing well, one of the nicest guys I've ever met!
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 KISS (keep it simple, stupid) in action. I love it.
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 Wouldn’t the KISS principle dictate that you stick to a zip tie? This tool is literally the opposite of KISS.
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 @ninjatarian: I don't think so but maybe that's the machinist in me. If I find that I need a tool, I'm going to build something nice that is ideally simple and effective. Using a zip tie works for people and that's great, but nothing beats actually using a quality purpose built tool to do a job.
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 @Rucker10: A quality purpose built tool is a truing stand. If I was going to build something, I'm gonna build a truing stand. The machinist in me says money = time, and $30-$40 is (unfortunately) too close to my hourly wage, and a zip tie or pencil with rubber bands does essentially the same thing for 1/100th of the price.
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 A zip tie actually does a better job. It's easier to affix, remove, adjust, etc.
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 @dfiler: Agreed. This is whack. If you actually need to use this on a regular basis, you should throw away your wheels and buy better ones.
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