Thought a computer-balanced wheel was smooth?

Ron Lieback
AllAboutBikes.com Content Editor/Staff Writer

Looking for higher tire mileage, a smoother ride and no visible weights that spoil the look of expensive rims? Innovative Balancing, LLC, has the solution: Dyna Beads.

Dyna Beads are tiny ceramic spheres, high in density and perfectly smooth, that travel inside the tire (tube or tubeless) to locate themselves opposite heavy points to eliminate out-of-balance motion resulting in a glass-smooth ride. Dyna Beads also reduce shop time required for balancing, are environmentally safe and require no special tools for application.

Here’s what to expect while using Dyna Beads:

•    Longer tire life: Today, with oil prices extremely high, the tire prices must follow. Longer tire life, usually 30% - 50% more, saves money.

•    Smoother ride: The most common feedback has been the quality of the ride when using Dyna Beads.

•    No unsightly weights to spoil the looks: Nothing makes a rider unhappy like weights hanging on their expensive wheels. No problem anymore…

•    Big savings in labor to properly balance both tires: No messing around trying to get those weights placed just right. Just install the beads, and the rider’s good to go. Perfect every time.

•    No expensive balancing equipment required: Cash is saved on purchase and maintenance.

•    No rebalancing requirements for the customer: Not returning to the shop for rebalancing simply will make the rider happier.

•    Safe for the rider and the environment: Dyna Beads are 100% solid ceramic and as such, are completely stable, non-reactive, non-corrosive and are 100% environmentally “friendly”. Totally safe to use with alloy and aluminum wheels, unlike “metal” beads.

•    Won’t grind down like softer materials: The limit in mileage that Dyna Beads will go without wearing out or grinding down has yet to be found. Softer materials, like common glass or stainless steel, are comparatively soft and will grind down quickly in the tires.

This pioneering product works well on every tire, except racing tires due to their soft, gummy inner liner that’s designed to get even gummier after a few laps at the track. Due to the high RPM of the wheel, and the soft inner liner, the beads imbed themselves into the rubber instead of rolling freely to counteract any imbalance. But that’s the only type of motorcycle tire they didn’t work with.

Innovative Balancing has been in business for over eight years, and last year alone they sold over 100,000 bike packs of Dyna Beads to customers through dealers and their Web site (www.innovativebalancing.com).

This may be the standard system for wheel balancing in the near future, making Dyna Beads synonymous with higher tire mileage and a smoother ride.