I was talking the owner of our local bike shop the other day, and we were talking balancing wheels on my Husky. In the old days they always took the rim lock out, and drill and screw in 4 self tappers on each side of the rim, and that would hold the tyre from slipping and to help balance the wheel. Now what he does, is he drills holes on the inside not all the way through and puts small roller bearings pin in to hold the tyre. Its just I've never heard of this before, I don't know if he's having a lend of me
Pinned rims have been around a long time and I have seen them from time to time. Not too many people use them anymore, but they were popular for a while back in the 70s. I'm not sure if the pins could be lost or not if the tire sustained a puncture and the bead came loose from the rim. That would be my concern.
sounds like one of those...I have been doing it for years and probably never will stop...Dont see the need to balance your wheels unless its a SM or Baja/BITD bike...you are nto gonna feel a little off until high speed
Here at Mount Isa we might have to travel between 20-60 klm on main-dirt roads to a trail at speeds of 100-120 klm. That when I notice my mate KTM (spit) back wheel was bouncing up and down like a pogo stick, and I thought about the work that rear shock has done already before we even hit the trail. Kel
