Park Tool Professional Wheel Truing Stand – TS-4 Review

Whether you’re a wheel builder, you own a bike shop where you’re turning and burning wheels all day, or you’re a home mechanic with an eye for the best tools, the Park Tool TS-4 Professional Wheel Truing Stand just might be your new favorite grown-up toy. Its built to be a step above all previous Park Tool truing stands, with taller uppers for bigger wheels, wider hub spacing compatibility, and over-all precision machining and welding to create a future-proof tool that will last. The TS-4 Professional Truing Stand is designed for versatility, working with any wheel currently on the market thanks to its extended uprights that can move from 75mm all the way out to a whopping 215mm, accommodating even the heftiest of fat bike hubs. The uprights move simultaneously with the adjustment of a knob to always keep you wheel completely centered in the stand, helping you properly tension the wheel. The Direct action caliper arms also adjust massively, fitting wheels from 16in to 29in and larger. Like its little brother, the TS2. 2, the TS-4 can accommodate 29-inch wheels with tires installed, but the TS-4 goes beyond the realm of the TS2. 2 by accommodating bigger tires, with clearance for a 5-inch tire, with or without brake rotor mounted. The TS-4 also doesn’t require the use of any adapters when working on wheels, with built in thru-axle adapters, and quick-release compatibility that comes standard. The stand is built to last a lifetime, with both chrome-plated and powder-coated heavy gauge steel, and precision construction. The TS-4 is machined, welded, assembled, and calibrated in the USA, in Park Tool’s factory in St Paul, Minnesota, so the highest level of precision and quality control can take place in creating a perfect truing stand. It is compatible with a large assortment of additional tools, like the Park Tool Dial Indicator, and Rotor Gauge enabling you to complete more tasks with ultimate precision, in less time.