as ur wheel tire assembly spins the tire spins by its self so when u are driving ur rim and tire spin but ur tire spins also with beadlocks the tire is held to the rim so the tire itself doesnt spin when the wheel spins
Short answer: yes, they help keep the tires on the wheel. I think cross country/desert racers use them the most in order to prevent the bead from blowing out in rough terrain.
well when you race u tend to go into corners hard. tires with regular rims tend to pop off. I have seen my friend's tires slide off his rims on his banshee. If you do mx i would get beadlocks.
I have taken corners as hard as I can with my Z and I don't worry about the tire popping off. The tire flexes alot though. If you were to race 1 or 2 races a year I wouldn't get beadlocks, save your money for shocks or an axle or something. I've never run on a MX track so I don't really know how if the tires would pop off on the track or not but I have been to one quad race and I don't recall all the riders having beadlocks and not one tire came off the entire race.
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