wct@mordor.UUCP (Bill Thompson) (11/14/85)
For those of you who are looking for an economical truing jig for your wheels, I noticed a new item in the holiday catalog from the Third Hand. They offer the Wheelsmith truing jig, a reinforced and modified version of the Minoura jig. It is listed as Item #WS-TJ1 at $34.95-- but now's your chance, all tools are 20% off between 11/7 and 12/7 from the Third Hand. Their address is: Cycletools, The Third Hand 3101 N. Old Stage Rd. Mt. Shasta, CA., 96067 (916) 926-2600 If you like to work on your own bike--you ought to at least send them $1 and get a copy of their catalog. As usual, I have no connection--other than being a satisfied customer... and when I'm in need of a fix for my tool craving--they deliver fast! an addendum to the bottle cage notes: My Hi-E alloy bottle cages don't rust, don't break and don't mark my water bottles despite years and thousands of miles. Perhaps the anodized finish makes the difference? Too bad they're so hard to find! -- William C. Thompson III (S-1 Project, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory) U.S. Mail: LLNL, P.O. Box 5503, L-278, Livermore, Ca., 94550 Phone: (415) 422-7287 MILNET: wct@s1-c or s1-a UUCP: ...!decvax!decwrl!mordor!wct
reid@Glacier.ARPA (Brian Reid) (11/15/85)
>... the Third Hand. They offer the Wheelsmith truing jig, >a reinforced and modified version of the Minoura jig. I'm a major stockholder in Wheelsmith Fabrications Inc, who make this truing jig. In fact, it is not at all related to the Minoura. It just happens to look a bit like the Minoura jig. It is my opinion (obviously biased, of course) that the Wheelsmith jig is a lot more precise than the Minoura. It is unarguably easier to use. -- Brian Reid decwrl!glacier!reid Stanford reid@SU-Glacier.ARPA