Balancing your Wheels
Sutton_Rider
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Has anyone ever bothered to balance their wheels and if so did it make any noticeable difference?
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What is wrong with your wheels that makes you think balancing would be the answer?
I might be wrong but I don't think that it's a thing on bike wheels. Still, live and learn.0 -
You might like to look at this bondurant:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dcgiUcbS64c
there are others as well, so I take you back to my original question, its easy enough to do, but does it make any difference?0 -
Never would have thought...!
Hope someone can answer.0 -
14 mins of video?
No never balanced my wheels. Never felt the need.0 -
If it cuts out a source of vibration it hast to be worth it, it takes hardly any time to do both wheels on a bicycle.
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What vibration though ? I've never noticed any.0
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I've had great success balancing my front wheel. The magnet attached to the spokes was causing an imbalance, so I added one opposite. Since then my speed has doubled
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If you run tubeless with sealant floating about static balancing will be impossible.0
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You're quite right Les. I've been playing about with a spread sheet today (I know I need to get out more) Looking at approximate weights required based on the oscillation of the wheel, just to get a better picture of whats required and if its worth the effort.0
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Lockdown has a lot to answer for...0
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Side to side balancing may be worthwhile.0
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What is side to side balancing? What I'm talking about is the same as when you change your car tires, you have the wheels balanced.First.Aspect said:Side to side balancing may be worthwhile.
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I just tried that and went out for a ride. He's bloody right you know!diplodicus said:I've had great success balancing my front wheel. The magnet attached to the spokes was causing an imbalance, so I added one opposite. Since then my speed has doubled
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When a car wheel is balanced weights are added to both sides of the wheel to rectify imbalance in a radial and an axial direction . Car wheels are very wide when compared to a bike wheel and imbalance in an axial direction is what causes your steering to shake side to side when a resonant frequency is reached.First.Aspect said:Side to side balancing may be worthwhile.
Axial ( side to side ) imbalance in a bike wheel will be negligible. So IMHO, as I only go fast downhill, the best thing is to do is just go and ride your bike,which is what I am going to do now. 0 -
Oh god. They all took me seriously.lesfirth said:
When a car wheel is balanced weights are added to both sides of the wheel to rectify imbalance in a radial and an axial direction . Car wheels are very wide when compared to a bike wheel and imbalance in an axial direction is what causes your steering to shake side to side when a resonant frequency is reached.First.Aspect said:Side to side balancing may be worthwhile.
Axial ( side to side ) imbalance in a bike wheel will be negligible. So IMHO, as I only go fast downhill, the best thing is to do is just go and ride your bike,which is what I am going to do now.0 -
Humans are doomed as a species...
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Yes. Life is too complicated for simple soles like me.0
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I was going to make a comment about side to side balance and not falling off but apathy got the better of me. I did hope the whole thing was a wind up to be honest.First.Aspect said:
Oh god. They all took me seriously.lesfirth said:
When a car wheel is balanced weights are added to both sides of the wheel to rectify imbalance in a radial and an axial direction . Car wheels are very wide when compared to a bike wheel and imbalance in an axial direction is what causes your steering to shake side to side when a resonant frequency is reached.First.Aspect said:Side to side balancing may be worthwhile.
Axial ( side to side ) imbalance in a bike wheel will be negligible. So IMHO, as I only go fast downhill, the best thing is to do is just go and ride your bike,which is what I am going to do now.0
