{"id":305,"date":"2013-02-21T05:55:00","date_gmt":"2013-02-21T05:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/redrocksreview.com\/index.php\/2013\/02\/21\/truing-fat-tires\/"},"modified":"2013-02-21T05:55:00","modified_gmt":"2013-02-21T05:55:00","slug":"truing-fat-tires","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/redrocksreview.com\/index.php\/2013\/02\/21\/truing-fat-tires\/","title":{"rendered":"Truing Fat Tires"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\">I have an older Park TS2 truing stand which has served me for a very long time. However it could not true my 82mm Rolling Darryl rims on my Surly Necromancer.<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-UIEnkuBPU0o\/USW0b9Lyk4I\/AAAAAAAALf0\/dX84UZL1gX0\/s1600\/P2170023.jpg\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"400\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-UIEnkuBPU0o\/USW0b9Lyk4I\/AAAAAAAALf0\/dX84UZL1gX0\/s400\/P2170023.jpg\" width=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>The first step was to replace the calipers. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.parktool.com\/product\/caliper-upgrade-kit-for-ts-2-238k\">Park sells a 238K<\/a> upgrade kit. The new one is on the left.<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-J0lvQ6N3AgM\/USW1TW31vrI\/AAAAAAAALf8\/IRyhAZK3ss8\/s1600\/P2170011.jpg\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"300\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-J0lvQ6N3AgM\/USW1TW31vrI\/AAAAAAAALf8\/IRyhAZK3ss8\/s400\/P2170011.jpg\" width=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>Problem solved right? Nope, the tire sits on the stand at this point.<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-DeqZ1nT7PQE\/USW1m6O-h8I\/AAAAAAAALgE\/aQHlVMhJu_I\/s1600\/P2170018.jpg\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"400\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-DeqZ1nT7PQE\/USW1m6O-h8I\/AAAAAAAALgE\/aQHlVMhJu_I\/s400\/P2170018.jpg\" width=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>The next step was to use the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.parktool.com\/product\/truing-stand-upright-extension-ts-2ext\">Park TS-2EXT extensions<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-PlU7GEOHUMM\/USW1w0eFC4I\/AAAAAAAALgM\/DyRXoQaRIgs\/s1600\/P2170029.jpg\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"400\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-PlU7GEOHUMM\/USW1w0eFC4I\/AAAAAAAALgM\/DyRXoQaRIgs\/s400\/P2170029.jpg\" width=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>They move the axle up higher, these are marketed for 29er wheels, but they work well for the fat wheel.<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-O55NIM-92pM\/USW1_JjQZgI\/AAAAAAAALgU\/mcr8ReWl1uk\/s1600\/P2170027.jpg\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"400\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-O55NIM-92pM\/USW1_JjQZgI\/AAAAAAAALgU\/mcr8ReWl1uk\/s400\/P2170027.jpg\" width=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>Now this worked&#8230; sort of, the calipers were still not wide enough. I had to put a spacer underneath the caliper adjusting knob. This might be because my TS2 is 20 years old though. I need to contact Park and ask if they have any suggestions.<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-9G8oSnQVrHE\/USW2y-jvSBI\/AAAAAAAALgg\/CYJ58TLTf6o\/s1600\/P2170021.jpg\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"400\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-9G8oSnQVrHE\/USW2y-jvSBI\/AAAAAAAALgg\/CYJ58TLTf6o\/s400\/P2170021.jpg\" width=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>Either way, my wheels are true and the TS2 keeps trucking along.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have an older Park TS2 truing stand which has served me for a very long time. However it could not true my 82mm&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-305","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/redrocksreview.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/305","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/redrocksreview.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/redrocksreview.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/redrocksreview.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/redrocksreview.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=305"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/redrocksreview.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/305\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/redrocksreview.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=305"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/redrocksreview.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=305"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/redrocksreview.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=305"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}