JulsTirn

can someone please explain to me how beadlocks work?

MudHippy

Beadlocks pinch the bead of the tire to the rim to help hold it in place when tire pressure is too low provide enough resistance. It is accomplished by bolting a locking ring to a rim that has a seating area where the bead of the tire rests, it's like a ring that's welded to the rim behind where the bead would normally be. The locking ring is basically a circular clamp, that grips the bead against this part of the rims.

Lysmachia

Pretty much what Mudhippy said. I changed your title so you;ll get more accuarate feedback Julian.

AxleIke

Staun also makes a bead lock that does the same thing, but is mounted inside the tire, and can best be described like an inner tube on a bicycle.

It isn't exactly the same, but it is a tube you fill with air, and it pinches the beads on both sides of the rim.

Advantages: Balances easier, is techincally "street" legal, locks both beads.

Disadvantages: Expensive, doesn't provide rim protection like a ring will, leaving rims open to easier damage.

Elkaholic

Dont know if you were bein sarcastic or not cuz of the smiley but if not that makes two of us!!!