Built my own truing stand!!! Pics included

HI everyone,

I am a tinkerer by nature and I figured I'd share this here.

After having my wheel go out of true a few times and my good friend Charlie (The Lunchbox) teach me how to true a wheel in the parking lot of the beach where we do our OWS (it's amazing how much I've learned about triathlon in that parking lot). I decided it was time to get a truing stand.  I looked at the prices of them and was astonished, so I figured I'd try to make my own.

I started with a Thule front wheel carrier http://www.thuleracks.com/product.asp?dept_id=8&sku=593)which I never use.

I mounted it to a quickly made wood base and drilled 1/4" holes through the sides to line up with a 700c rim.

Then I put 1/4" machine screws through the holes with a nut on each side for stability... and, here it is.