Wheel Balancing.

[crazyhorse]

Hi

For those who do their own tyre removal/replacement/balancing, when doing the rear tyre do you usually balance with the sprocket carrier/wheel together or just the wheel?

Cheers
Crazyhorse

[kwackboy]

As the carrier sits on its own bearings it shouldn't affect the balancing.

Balance the wheel on its own .

[Ianmc]

   A point of interest on wheel balancing,I changed my rear tyre recently,and as I am a little pedantic,I checked the balance of the wheel WITHOUT the tyre on.I was surprised,I thought that the valve hole (theoretically the lightest part of the wheel) would be at the top.It wasn’t, it was 90degrees out.The old tyre/wheel had about 4 inches of weights attached.After the new tyre was fitted I balanced it and it took one and a half small weights only.

[crazyhorse]

Hi Ianmc

Thanks for your thoughts, and I agree with you that when I had a look at the balance of the front wheel without a tyre fitted, it did surprise me where the valve ended up.
It nearly always was in the lower half of the wheel, when I expected it to be in the highest part.

Crazyhorse

[Mr Nick]

Which suggests that there is just a little more metal around the area to add a bit of the strength lost to the hole. Probably subtle enough not to be seen.

[Gert]

I haven't yet had cause to try balance a naked bike rim.  I recall the use of a dot on certain brands of tyre in relation to the valve position.
Was the rim balancing result from a cast or a spoke rim?

[Ianmc]

    It was a cast wheel Gert.