2008 Giant Halfway (folding bike)

[Scott-S]

I remember when tyres didn't have direction markers

Yep, thats why I put them the wrong way on the Kona (twice)...
WTF does that say? Direction... Awwww naw no again furfuxakesman

 

[bikeworkshop]

The "direction indicators" on tyres are there to check if you are an obedient serf of the consumer machine.

Bicycle wrongness?

I think I've seen about everything,
but I ain't seen a marathon slide

 

[Scott-S]

The "direction indicators" on tyres are there to check if you are an obedient serf of the consumer machine.

Bicycle wrongness?

I think I've seen about everything,
but I ain't seen a marathon slide

Awwfurfuxakes really... me, I fell for the obey subliminal messages?

 

[bikeworkshop]

Awwfurfuxakes really... me, I fell for the obey subliminal messages?
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If you zoom right in there there's a message way down the street on the left says
"fit your bicycle tyres right"

Now,
about label alignment,
and where in the printed PSI range you should be according to personality type...

 

[Guinessisgoodforyou]

Text needs to be over the valve. Valve between the blue portion and the B of big
It's a curse.

 

[bikeworkshop]

Text needs to be over the valve. Valve between the blue portion and the B of big
It's a curse.

Some tyres have the text in different locations on each side.
That's my favourite.

 

[Guinessisgoodforyou]

Some tyres have the text in different locations on each side.
That's my favourite.

Yes oh crap tyre off.

 

[novocaine]

Some tyres have the text in different locations on each side.
That's my favourite.

This is dealt with by taking an old inner tuber, cutting it in to at leaat 6 3" peices. Putting a hole about the mid point. Pushing a bolt through the hole of each and arra going them In a circle then loocking them with a nut. Now put the threaded end of the bolt in a drill and tighten.
Spin the home made rubber mop against the text on the tyre to remove it.

Sorted, nothing to line up.

 

[bikeworkshop]

We were having a little debate in the shop about fitting just such a thing - it was a new quality tyre like a conti.
We had recommended it - but we need to ask about the riders ocd first (relatively common amongst our customers, which is a thread in itself, given how we differ to the fancy poloshirt shops and chain store alternatives)

The text position overlapped, so you could have it central one side and well off the valve on the other, or a bit off both sides.

Equally wrong won out.
You can't see both sides at once, but if they are the same, at least it looks deliberate.

 

[Scott-S]

Must admit the text or logo position is something I have never thought of, but I can understand how some folks would get a nervous twitch over it.
The tyre text or logo just ends up on the rim where it lands as Im putting it on, it probably looks lazy but hey ho its an old Halfwit being ridden by an even older Halfwit...