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Old 07-22-2009, 09:30 AM
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Anyone used them? I wonder what happens if you have a blow out and suddenly there little beads are everywhere under your already compromised traction ability.
 
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Old 07-22-2009, 09:53 AM
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I just installed a new MH90-21 front tire yesterday with Dyna Beads for the first time. Results so far are excellent. Ran the bike up to @90 last night and everything is dead smooth.
They have the consistency of fine sand. I don't think the little bag of beads would be the main concern after a blowout.
 
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I installed them several months ago and they work as advertised. They can be a pain in the **** to install through the valve stem if the stem comes out of the rim in a horizontal plane. I would recommend installing them as you mount the tire so feeding them through the stem isn't necessary.

Yep, I like them well enough to use them again, I hate weights on the wheels.
I wouldn't worry about them if you have a blowout, it's not like a blowout is going to scatter these tiny beads far enough in front of the wheel to be an issue.
 
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If you split a tire bad enough for the beads to come flying out everywhere...you have much bigger problems than the beads.
 
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I put them in a few months ago after researching them for awhile. I noticed a great improvement.

Like said the beads would be the least of your problems. But, they are so tiny that pavement texture would swallow them up anyways.
 
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They work great. Airsoft pellets also do a good job.
 
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got new tires a few weeks ago and had them installed when the tires were mounted. I was skeptical too, but bike runs great and smooth up to 100. Haven't had enuf straight road to do a more extensive test than that....
 
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Originally Posted by Lakerat
I just installed a new MH90-21 front tire yesterday with Dyna Beads for the first time. Results so far are excellent. Ran the bike up to @90 last night and everything is dead smooth.
They have the consistency of fine sand. I don't think the little bag of beads would be the main concern after a blowout.
Did you put them in that bike in your avatar? Can you now use them in tube tires?
 
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Originally Posted by Johnnyiroc
Anyone used them? I wonder what happens if you have a blow out and suddenly there little beads are everywhere under your already compromised traction ability.
Use **** beads. They have a string on 'em.
 
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Just got to wonder what kind of mess you will have when changing tires ? Can you collect them and use them over ??
 


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