dyna beads..where to get
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dyna beads..where to get
been reading a lot about these beads and wanted to try them for my front tire. A google search comes up with a few places to get them, but wanted to ask for some "tried and true " advice as to what sites are reputable ...where some of you folks have odered them from? thanks
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Dynabeads
Check out this post, it might make the installation easier:
https://www.hdforums.com/forum/wheel...d-install.html
Regards,
https://www.hdforums.com/forum/wheel...d-install.html
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i ordered 2 oz for the front 21 inch wide glide tire. About how much is recommeded per tire? i also read not to use the valve that recoment, but use the stock valves -- does this sound about right?
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I just installed dyna beads in both my front and rear tire today.I got them from Rocky Mountain ATV.They have a motorcycle starter kit.It is 2 oz for the rear up to like a 250 tire and 1 oz for the front up to like a 120 tire.There is a chart on there web site.I live in NY got them in 3 days that place is in Utah so very quick shipping as well.
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been reading a lot about these beads and wanted to try them for my front tire. A google search comes up with a few places to get them, but wanted to ask for some "tried and true " advice as to what sites are reputable ...where some of you folks have odered them from? thanks
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Just as good. That's the nice thing about them. I couldn't keep the stick on weights on my rear rim cause of the chrome I guess, did all the cleaning procedures and what not but they still flew off. So I installed the beads and no more problems. Plus you don't have the weights showing on the rims.
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PRO's
1. No need to rebalance. The tire is always balanced, unlike conventional weights that need rebalancing as the tire wears out.
2. The ride is really smooth, better than conventional weights, IMHO, because the balancing weight of the ceramic beads is all the way out, just inside the thread surface, where they can exert the most leverage.
3. Install and forget. no need to change anything.
4. They work equally well in tubeless tires or innertubes.
CON's
1. If you have a flat and you use slime to repair it, you will really have a tire out of balance, with dynabeads in clumps.
2. If you have flat, you have to put a patch inside the tire (on tubeless) so the beads will have a smooth surface to roll in. This is not a problem with innertubes, of course, because you put in a new tube anyway.
3. You have to decide what to do once you have a flat. Are you going to carry a couple of ounces of 'beads when you take a trip just in case, or try to get your old 'beads out of the old tire or innertube.
In my case, a have a small ziploc bag with 'beads that I pack with some tools when I go on a trip.
Regards,
1. No need to rebalance. The tire is always balanced, unlike conventional weights that need rebalancing as the tire wears out.
2. The ride is really smooth, better than conventional weights, IMHO, because the balancing weight of the ceramic beads is all the way out, just inside the thread surface, where they can exert the most leverage.
3. Install and forget. no need to change anything.
4. They work equally well in tubeless tires or innertubes.
CON's
1. If you have a flat and you use slime to repair it, you will really have a tire out of balance, with dynabeads in clumps.
2. If you have flat, you have to put a patch inside the tire (on tubeless) so the beads will have a smooth surface to roll in. This is not a problem with innertubes, of course, because you put in a new tube anyway.
3. You have to decide what to do once you have a flat. Are you going to carry a couple of ounces of 'beads when you take a trip just in case, or try to get your old 'beads out of the old tire or innertube.
In my case, a have a small ziploc bag with 'beads that I pack with some tools when I go on a trip.
Regards,