Wheel balancing

**otter** · 30th August 2011, 12:11

I'm going to be getting new tires soon and I'm wondering if it's worth doing my own tire fitting and wheel balancing. I'm thinking about getting something like this: http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/List...x?id=403515333
I do most of my own work on my bike and also a lot of work on my friends bikes, would it be worthwhile to buy this and charge 10$/tire or something to pay it off? Is wheel balancing something that's easy enough to do at home? I don't even know how much the motorbike shops charge to fit and balance tires?

**codgyoleracer** · 22nd October 2011, 20:18

Race guys use simple static balancers, and if its good enough for us its def good enough for the road.

Concentrate on getting the front near perfect & the rear is less 'sensative"

**otter** · 22nd October 2011, 20:24

I'm guessing the balancer that I refered to is a static balancer. Thanks for the info

**boman** · 30th October 2011, 17:04

It is a static balancer. And IMO, find a shop to do it, as unless you get the fitting right, it can cost you another tyre, through bead damage.

And the balancing is 100% correct too.