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| ==Balancing== | | ==Balancing== |
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| More information: [[How can I balance the tires by myself?]]
| | Balancing the wheels is an important part of mounting your tires and should not be neglected. It's so important, we've made a separate article for it. Follow this link and balance your tires now: |
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| And it's time for a final static balance, the same way as before:
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| You'll most likely need some weight to balance everything up. There are 2 main kinds of weights: clamp on and stick on:
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| Stick-ons are cheap, easy to come by, and do the job well. You'll want to put your weights as close to the centerline of the wheel as possible. After you hold the wheel up and let it go, it will settle with the heaviest point at the bottom, just like before. You then want to put the weights on the top, at the lightest point. Tape them on with something that's easily removed (painters, masking, scotch, whatever tape) and check again before affixing for good.
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| Static balancing is good enough for professional roadracers, so it's certainly good enough for the average street rider. If you feel better having your wheels dynamically balanced by a machine, you can take it in to a shop and pay for that peace of mind. The primary advantage of the balancing machines seems to be that they're faster -- static balancing can take a while (5-20 minutes per tire) to do correctly.
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| And with that, you're done mounting and balancing. Time to just put the wheels back on the bike and go for a ride.
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| ==Reattaching the wheel== | | ==Reattaching the wheel== |