I just got back from having my new Dunlop E3 mounted to my front wheel. It came back with 1 3/4 oz of balancing weights. It looks like chit. The mounting was done at a Cycle Gear shop with a pretty good reputation. They told me that they can no longer use the lead weights but now are required to use steel weights and this is the reason they had to use so many.
What do you think? Did they just do a bad job or is the tire defective and needed additional weight to get it properly balanced? I haven't had it on the road yet to see how it feels (just up and down the drive to check the brakes).

 

There have been multiple post about "Dynabeads" for tire balancing. From what I heard, you can either pour a package slowly through the valve stem or just toss the package in when mounting the tire and it opens. Haven't used them myself, but others seem to like them...

 

Yeah, I've heard about the Dynabeads but didn't want to go to the expense. I'm just trying to find out if I've been screwed or not.

 

Look on your tire, you should see a small yellow dot on it, that is the light spot on the tire from when it was made, a properly mounted tire will have the yellow dot in line with the valve stem, since the valve stem is the heaviest spot on the wheel, makes sense to put the lightest spot of the tire there, if the dot isn't in line with the valve stem, it could take more weight to balance it properly.

 

I had the Dyna Beads put in on my last tire change (rear)
a few months back.
Feels fine back there, very smooth so far!

Checkout there web site, maybe try a package of em' in that tire
after removing those steel weights..

The beads look huge in this diagram but in actuality they are very very tiny (ceramic) I believe. Just sounds logical to me so I'm tryin it.

http://www.innovativebalancing.com/HowItWorks.htm

Pete

 

No offense but I gotta agree, that looks like chit.

I just put new chrome rims on my bike and didn't want to look at those hideous weights.

Do yourself a favor and buy the DynaBeads……I did and they definitely work.

 

Hard to tell if a tire is balanced from a picture of the weights, try posting one of the whole tire/wheel.

 

I just had an Elite 3 put on the rear wheel of my bike yesterday. Weights looks just like yours. Gotta agree it's awful. I'm going to have to do something about that. Looks like I'll be ordering the dynabeads too.

 

Your tire can be moved on the rim to offset the amount of weight require to balance it. Don't get hung up on the yellow dot. Your wheel assembly should also have an equal amount of weight on both sides of the rim. For what it's worth.....I'm now using dyna beads on my E3's and they handle fine. Good LucK!

 

thats a lotta weight . holy cow!!!!!