Motion Pro Axis Truing-Balance Stand

[Jayell]

Is anyone familiar with the Motion Pro Axis Truing-Balance Stand? I've heard some no so great things about the cheap eBay balancing stands and thought this might be an alternative, though a lot more expensive.

Any experience out there? Thanks.

 

[coyo]

Can't speak re; the Motion Pro tool but I've just gotten a Mark Parnes balancer after seeing that his products get rave reviews. I'm happy with my purchase (almost exactly the same price as the MP).

http://www.marcparnes.com/

 

[sixstring]

The motion pro one looks cool. Its got an indicator for turing wheels.

Looks like it relies on the bearings of the wheel itself to rotate though which means if your wheels use sealed bearings (I'm pretty sure most wheels do) it might cause too much friction.

 

[coyo]

Looks like it relies on the bearings of the wheel itself to rotate though which means if your wheels use sealed bearings (I'm pretty sure most wheels do) it might cause too much friction.

It's got its own bearing. Personally I don't know what to think of the single sided design for balancing wheels.

 

[Jayell]

Can't speak re; the Motion Pro tool but I've just gotten a Mark Parnes balancer after seeing that his products get rave reviews. I'm happy with my purchase (almost exactly the same price as the MP).

http://www.marcparnes.com/

Looks like good stuff. I'm sold. Thanks for the link.

Here's a good reason to avoid eBay, Harbor Freight, or other crap:

[video=youtube_share;zU96Yu3Tzts]http://youtu.be/zU96Yu3Tzts[/video]

 

[TrainingWheels]

As someone who rides with a 90-100g out rear and ~10g out front....I wouldn't bother investing in a tire balancer unless you're very track competitive and know that it isn't your skill interfering with the bikes stability. For street aggressive to novice track, you should be confident just using your wheel when mounted on the bike (brake calipers removed) to balance. This is also a great time to more precisely check (feel, listen) to the condition of your bearings as they spin on the axle ... a balancer with built in bearings may hide your prematurely wearing bearings if you don't double check.

It's got its own bearing. Personally I don't know what to think of the single sided design for balancing wheels.

I suppose you wouldn't trust single sided swing arms either? I know why you may think that, but it can be compensated for without sacrifices.

 

[coyo]

I suppose you wouldn't trust single sided swing arms either? I know why you may think that, but it can be compensated for without sacrifices.

I'm looking at the construction of that Motion Pro setup, with the cotter pins and such, and I'm not thinking it's really too stable. A SSSA is a completely different animal.