Ultimate Truing Stand: $1400+ Abbey Bike Tools

“Tools matter, they build things and are pivotal to the manufacturing and assembly of pretty much everything. Our professional tools help talented craftsmen elevate the bike mechanic trade. A trade that needs elevating.“ - Jason Quade, Abbey Bike Tools, Owner - In this video, JOM of the Gravel Cyclist crew meets with Jason at the 2023 MADE Show, founder of Abbey Bike Tools, for a tour of their latest product. Undoubtedly, the Ultimate Truing Stand. The Truing Stand: “There’s a truing stand and then there is The Truing Stand. What’s long been a bike shop staple isn’t always the most glamorous tool in the shop, in fact it’s usually a pretty basic device. But the work that comes off the truing stand is often the thing bike shop hero’s are made from, the legendary perfectly built wheel. So what if we revisit the lowly truing stand, approach it like a piece of metrology equipment instead of something that does little more than hold a wheel? There’s so many ways to ’hack’ a truing stand, if you’re going to make a proper tool why not go all out? “ “We set out to make a truing stand like no other, something that had a stable base as a foundation for precision and repeatability. We wanted the stand to reliably mirror on a centerline so it would always be in dish regardless of hub or rim width. We needed a good thru axle solution that didn’t require adapters. In the disc brake era we wanted to be able to straighten rotors while the wheel was in the stand. We wanted a stand that was equally at home truing wheels for a general tune up as it was building wheels worthy of elite competition. We added the ability to run dial indicators for radial and lateral deviation and you can run one for the rotor if you’d like. Design is all about compromise and we spent nearly 6 years thinking and tinkering this one, the results do not disappoint.“ Learn more at the Abbey Tools Website - Links of Interest: Abbey Bike Tools - Abbey Bike Tools Factory Tour - Gravel Cyclist’s Route Library - Amazon Affiliation Link: No cost to you, but every purchase made helps keep Gravel Cyclist up and running! - Web: Facebook: Instagram - Twitter -