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These truing stands include the ingenuity of many different kinds of materials to achieve the same quality as one found in a shop. These materials include wood, old wheel forks, and even some with metal rails. Although these are a cheap solution to keeping your wheel straight, they are not as precise
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High-quality truing stands are necessary for the professional industry. High-quality truing stands allow the user for fast and easy accessibility when truing a wheel. Professional truing stands enable the tools to be used more accurately when measuring all types of truing methods. Not only do
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