Wheel balancing is good becouse it makes you go fsater. I got a bike from the supermrket, some idiot had left it propped outside by the trolleys, and it came away dead easy, and it has got a speedo. I couldnt make it go very fast, so i had a look at the wheel in front, and it had got a metal wait on one of the spokes. I thort this mite be making the weel unbalanced cos ther wasnt one on the back, so i took it off, but that broke the speedo, so i put it back on. Another dat there was a bike at the supermarket that had a wait on liike the one on my new bike so i took it off and put it on my bike on the other end of the weel to balance it better, and it works very ver well, cos now i can go abot twice as fast, and the speedo sez so to.
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Wheel balancing is good becouse it makes you go fsater. I got a bike from the supermrket, some idiot had left it propped outside by the trolleys, and it came away dead easy, and it has got a speedo. I couldnt make it go very fast, so i had a look at the wheel in front, and it had got a metal wait on one of the spokes. I thort this mite be making the weel unbalanced cos ther wasnt one on the back, so i took it off, but that broke the speedo, so i put it back on. Another dat there was a bike at the supermarket that had a wait on liike the one on my new bike so i took it off and put it on my bike on the other end of the weel to balance it better, and it works very ver well, cos now i can go abot twice as fast, and the speedo sez so to.
Morton,
It's still unbalanced. Tri liberting to mor and put them at 90 degres to the furst to. Yor new bik wil go for times as much faster than befor.
It's still unbalanced. Tri liberting to mor and put them at 90 degres to the furst to. Yor new bik wil go for times as much faster than befor.
-- Dave...
But for perfect balance you'll need one on each spoke. Then you'll really fly! I'm not sure how it works, to be honest, but I think it might be something to do with the gyroscopic effect of the extra weight on your wheel.
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But for perfect balance you'll need one on each spoke. Then you'll really fly! I'm not sure how it works, to be honest, but I think it might be something to do with the gyroscopic effect of the extra weight on your wheel.
I though it was the magnetism. I seem to recall the benefit only exists when travelling North - South.
It's still unbalanced. Tri liberting to mor and put them at 90 degres to the furst to. Yor new bik wil go for times as much faster than befor.
-- Dave...
But for perfect balance you'll need one on each spoke. Then you'll really fly! I'm not sure how it works, to be honest, but I think it might be something to do with the gyroscopic effect of the extra weight on your wheel.
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You can get rid of half the spokes as well. You only need the pulling spokes which are working with you - the pushing ones are working against you so get rid of them and you will go much faster. Sheldon explains the details on sheldonbrown.compower wheel.htmlOpen ↗
You can get rid of half the spokes as well. You only need the pulling spokes which are working with you - the pushing ones are working against you so get rid of them and you will go much faster. Sheldon explains the details on sheldonbrown.compower wheel.htmlOpen ↗
But you can't ever brake of course, or your wheel collapses. Luckily many cycle routes are uphill and against the wind in both directions, which is not only when you can use the power wheels, but when you most need them.
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You can get rid of half the spokes as well. You only need the pulling spokes which are working with you - the pushing ones are working against you so get rid of them and you will go much faster.
Getting rid of all of them is a bit tricky unless you switch to radial lacing, but that loses the pulling ones too.
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But for perfect balance you'll need one on each spoke. Then you'll
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fly! I'm not sure how it works, to be honest, but I think it might be something to do with the gyroscopic effect of the extra weight on your wheel.
I though it was the magnetism.
Of course it is. Any fool knows that whereas car balance weights are generally made of lead the bicycle ones are small magnets to assist riding north,which is always uphill (unless you're one of those weirdos who rotate their map when riding south or live in the southern hemisphere). The danger is when they are fitted to all the front spokes and all the rear spokes after carefully ensuring the polarity is correct and then some moron re-fits the front wheel incorrectly and the two wheels are pulled to one another causing catastrophic frame collapse. -- Regards, Pete
