Dynamic tire balancing beads

[rudy]

Found an ad on Kijiji about these beads. I messaged the guy and asked him if they work well for bikes. Of course he said they work fantabulous, not gonna knock his own product. They're small ceramic beads, and supposed to be alright for your tires with tubes as well. Anybody use these or know of someone who has?

http://kitchener.kijiji.ca/c-cars-vehicles-motorcycles-Dynamic-Tire-Balancing-for-Motorcycles-W0QQAdIdZ43437702

 

[Herm21]

first thing that comes to mind Rudy is why? ..I can't imagine these magic beads doing anything more than a good old fashioned lead weight...

 

[rudy]

They've used these things in transport truck wheels for many years now, and they're just starting to become popular in the off road scene. The nice thing about them is that you will never have to balance your wheel again. When you stop, the beads come to a rest at the bottom of the wheel again. Every time you start going again they re-balance.

The thing about them good old fashioned lead weights is that the tools at the shops I go to seem to not listen to me when I specify what style of weight that needs to be used for certain rims. They keep using those cheap ass stick-on ones that actually only stay on my polished aluminum rims for a grand total of 10 minutes (not to mention they look like shit, and make it hard to clean the rim). Serious, I've had my wheels on the 650 balanced 4 times last summer and finally said fuckit. Nobody seems to use the old wrap around the spoke kind of weights anymore. If they tried to use the clip on the edge type, I think I would punch them in the head. So, you see my problem.

 

[Speed2XS]

I dont have the 411 on this bead thing, but from my days of managing a tire store Ive seen a lot of stuff. This is similar to the 4x4 guys using sand in their tires to accomplish the same goal. It's really not an answer to highspeed balancing. The best way is still to dynamically balance on the correct machine and use stationary weights.

 

[rudy]

But weights that don't stay on don't help much either.

 

[73750K]

I have used "Equal" brand balancing powder in one of my 4x4`s. It worked fine in the truck but I have no idea how well it would work in a bike, does sound interesting though.
see here, http://www.imiproducts.com/equal/index.aspx .