What are your thoughts on balancing your tires

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05-03-2015, 02:54 AM

dan888

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Originally Posted by ol'klx-er

My experience is: No rim locks = no need to balance tires.

+1 no rim lock , not much need to balance in my experiences,

I did make up some removable spoke weights to help balance the wheels when i put rim locks on.

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05-03-2015, 12:39 PM

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Originally Posted by durielk

The shop said if you use HD tubes you can get up to .5" rubber ***** inside the tubes, makes it difficult to balance.
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You mean .5mm? Half inch is a bit big!

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05-03-2015, 12:41 PM

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FWIW good balance material. Solid core solder wrapped around the spoke. That's what was on my short tracker way back when.

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05-04-2015, 12:43 AM

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Originally Posted by klx678

FWIW good balance material. Solid core solder wrapped around the spoke. That's what was on my short tracker way back when.

I'm going to try that.

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01-07-2016, 09:20 AM

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Originally Posted by klx678

FWIW good balance material. Solid core solder wrapped around the spoke. That's what was on my short tracker way back when.

Neat idea. I just ordered a pair of tubliss conversions and d606 tires for my extra wheelset(SF owner) and was old thread dredging for info. Any solid core solder from Home Depot will do? Any procedure? pictures?tape? heat? etc? I prefer to learn from others when possible, thx.