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Weight loss
Last month I had a flat tire on my '07 Deluxe, picked up a nail somewhere. I had some store credit and the dealer is doing free installs, so I had them install new tire/tube/band, and all seemed fine. I've been really busy lately, but decided to slip out for a couple of hours ride this afternoon. I walked into my bike shed and right away noticed something shiny on the floor by the rear wheel -- it was the balance weights from the wheel(!) When I last parked the bike there (just a couple days ago), the weights just happened to be positioned at the top of the wheel. Apparently the adhesive turned loose and the weights simply dropped to the floor. I suppose either I got some weights with weak adhesive, or the wheel wasn't properly cleaned prior to attachment.
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So wipe your rim with a non-residual solvent, Alcohol ? attempted to reattach the weights. Mark your rim with a crayon, if the weights don't stick go up to the dealer and ask for replacement weights or add some Ride On balancer.
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Last month I had a flat tire on my '07 Deluxe, picked up a nail somewhere. I had some store credit and the dealer is doing free installs, so I had them install new tire/tube/band, and all seemed fine. I've been really busy lately, but decided to slip out for a couple of hours ride this afternoon. I walked into my bike shed and right away noticed something shiny on the floor by the rear wheel -- it was the balance weights from the wheel(!) When I last parked the bike there (just a couple days ago), the weights just happened to be positioned at the top of the wheel. Apparently the adhesive turned loose and the weights simply dropped to the floor. I suppose either I got some weights with weak adhesive, or the wheel wasn't properly cleaned prior to attachment.
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Get Ride On! I've used it on 3 sets of tires. It balances Without the ugly weights AND stops flats.
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I mount my own tires but being old and a human when I got it mounted on the bike and torqued everything to specs I remembered that I forgot to balance it first.
Went out for a test ride before doing the rework and it was smooth as silk up to 80 which is my self imposed throttle limit (well most of the time).
Saved some rework. I had indexed it as I mounted it so that must have helped.
The beads may have been the next step. I think I will have a supply on hand. Never like the weights stuck on a rim anyway.
Went out for a test ride before doing the rework and it was smooth as silk up to 80 which is my self imposed throttle limit (well most of the time).
Saved some rework. I had indexed it as I mounted it so that must have helped.
The beads may have been the next step. I think I will have a supply on hand. Never like the weights stuck on a rim anyway.
Last edited by lh4x4; Jul 7, 2015 at 05:53 PM.
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Huge Ride On fan but with tubed tires it will balance but not provide the same assurance with tube tires as tubeless regarding protection against flats. I will never put on another tire without Ride On.