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blue_bicycle
03-05-2007, 07:55 PM
And no, I'm not talking about front wheels for left-handed bike riders. I've got a little side-to-side in the front wheel on my 'Dale Jekyll. It's got the Lefty fork. Spoke tensions are pretty even between all the spokes on each side.
Unfortunately :( I can't just pop the wheel off and put it on my trusty TS-2 due to the conical hub and lack of traditional skewer. I can use a skewer from another bike, but how do I mount it in the stand otherwise? Is there a special adapter that snaps into the larger i.d. side of the hub? Is there a shop trick for this?

Thanks ahead of time. happy riding.

rockyrider
03-05-2007, 08:19 PM
How about attaching a zip tie to the Lefty fork leg and using the fork as a truing stand.

Still need a dish guage, but at least there's nothing to get in the way of checking dish on the exposed side.

AZRider
03-06-2007, 02:43 PM
And no, I'm not talking about front wheels for left-handed bike riders. I've got a little side-to-side in the front wheel on my 'Dale Jekyll. It's got the Lefty fork. Spoke tensions are pretty even between all the spokes on each side.
Unfortunately :( I can't just pop the wheel off and put it on my trusty TS-2 due to the conical hub and lack of traditional skewer. I can use a skewer from another bike, but how do I mount it in the stand otherwise? Is there a special adapter that snaps into the larger i.d. side of the hub? Is there a shop trick for this?

Thanks ahead of time. happy riding.

It fits in the lefty hub, then you put a skewer through it, and put the wheel in your TS-2 in the usual manner

blue_bicycle
03-06-2007, 05:07 PM
Thanks! I'll talk to my C'Dale dealer, unless you can recommend a vendor.

It's probably one of those $60 tools, huh :(

John

tryandgetme
03-06-2007, 06:02 PM
or, a $2.56 walk around the hardware store to find pieces of plumbing that might work. I'm sure you can engineer something...

blue_bicycle
03-06-2007, 08:40 PM
Heh. You know me too well - sit in my garage with PVC glue, sniffing the fumes, "engineering a tool". :D