Bead balancing. Does it work or is it snake oil.

1olbull said:

@ZoneIII
It does say yes or no, only two choices are offered NMSU to cast your vote.
@TriumPhil is absolutely correct!

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ZoneIII said:

Thanks for the replies, folks. From what I'm reading, it sounds like beads or RideOn may be good options. (I had never heard of RideOn before or, rather, I didn't know it was for balancing.) I have wondered, however, and as someone pointed out here, why race drivers and riders apparently don't use these balancing methods if they work so well. Perhaps it because of the extreme conditions of racing(?) I have read somewhere (I don't know if it's true) that most competition motorcycle racers use old-fashioned static balancing. Does anyone know if that's true?

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R3Tex said:

Not sure about static balancing, but I can't remember ever seeing a race trailer that didn't have several sets of tires prepped and ready to go, at least for sponsored riders, which means they are more worried about performance at speed than cost, mileage, or any of the concerns that normal everyday riders think about. A race bike is set up specifically to race and whoever sets it up typically does so to match track, weather, and other conditions. While this may sound like the ultimate in technical expertise to fit your road bike I doubt that you would enjoy some of the things I've seen guys do to cars and bikes for a single race. H3ll...they would rub the tires down wit cocoa butter and set them out in the sun for a nice tan if they thought it would give them an edge in a race. I wouldn't necessarily look to sponsored race bikes as an indicator of good tech to employ on a street bike and vice versa.

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ZoneIII said:

If there is an option to cast your vote, I didn't put it there. It's not part of my actual question. And you will note that everyone else seemed to understand the question based on their responses. Surely, you have more important and productive things to do with your time. I know I do. Enough!


Look up "OCD."

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1olbull said:

@ZoneIII
It does say yes or no, only two choices are offered and then you are directed to to cast your vote.
@TriumPhil is absolutely correct!

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1olbull said:

@EasTexRIII
FYI -
The initial screen presented is not the one you have shown. After a vote is cast, the directives are eliminated in the following screen and only the vote tally is shown.

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EasTexRIII said:

I don't understand what you are saying
I printed that screenshot to reinforce the statement you made to him. Or I thought that's what I was doing

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