Hi folks,
I am a 'professional bicycle commuter" (as I like to call myself) and do a lot of my own bicycle maintenance - as I know many others do as well. One challenge I always had was not having a truing stand to keep my wheels well-maintained. I know I can keep my wheel pretty well maintained with simply the break pads as a guide, but really notice the difference with a truing stand.
So I made a little tool that I can use to true my wheel almost perfectly while it is still on the bike and can also be used to adjust the dish and the dip fairly precisely, so essentially can be used to build a wheel on the bike as well.
My question is: Is this sort of tool of interest to others? I am wondering if I have just simply filled a personal need, or if such a tool would be of use to others who do their own maintenance. I know there are certainly many ways to do wheel maintenance without a stand, but this little tool seems to be very effective. I also think it would be useful in places like Cuba, where bicycle maintenance is so important, yet resources are limited.
I am considering trying to patent the tool, and even though I would love to make money off it if it was successful, have thought about donating the patent to a strong international cycling group, though do not really know which that would be yet - or if an appropriate group even exists.
Feedback would be much appreciated
Cheers,
chris
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I am a 'professional bicycle commuter" (as I like to call myself) and do a lot of my own bicycle maintenance - as I know many others do as well. One challenge I always had was not having a truing stand to keep my wheels well-maintained. I know I can keep my wheel pretty well maintained with simply the break pads as a guide, but really notice the difference with a truing stand.
So I made a little tool that I can use to true my wheel almost perfectly while it is still on the bike and can also be used to adjust the dish and the dip fairly precisely, so essentially can be used to build a wheel on the bike as well.
My question is: Is this sort of tool of interest to others? I am wondering if I have just simply filled a personal need, or if such a tool would be of use to others who do their own maintenance. I know there are certainly many ways to do wheel maintenance without a stand, but this little tool seems to be very effective. I also think it would be useful in places like Cuba, where bicycle maintenance is so important, yet resources are limited.
I am considering trying to patent the tool, and even though I would love to make money off it if it was successful, have thought about donating the patent to a strong international cycling group, though do not really know which that would be yet - or if an appropriate group even exists.
Feedback would be much appreciated
Cheers,
chris
[email protected]