Posted by David N. Lundstrom on Monday, May 10, 2004 at 9:45PM :
In Reply to: Equal powder vs. conventional tire balancing posted by Don in Missouri on Monday, May 10, 2004 at 11:19AM :
We run Equal in a set of 1100x16 Michelins on 16 inch solid rims, no tubes. They are used tires and the Equal makes them run smooth as silk on the highway, OK not that smooth, but close. A huge advantage of Equal is that it adjusts to the tire as it wears. No rebalancing unless you dismount the tire and if you run tubes it won't matter even then. I am very sold on Equal. The big disadvantages I can see are that you must use dry air to inflate your tires, and it doesn't balance at low speeds. I think it cost $20 per tire to mount and balance each tire.
Dave
PS Plus, no external weights to fall and/or get torn off.