Scott-S
Kona Fan
Yep, thats why I put them the wrong way on the Kona (twice)...I remember when tyres didn't have direction markers
WTF does that say? Direction... Awwww naw no again furfuxakesman
2008 Giant Halfway (folding bike)
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WTF does that say? Direction... Awwww naw no again furfuxakesman
bikeworkshop
Old School Grand Master
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
Bicycle wrongness?
I think I've seen about everything,
but I ain't seen a marathon slide
Scott-S
Kona Fan
bikeworkshop
Old School Grand Master
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
rBotM Winner
Text needs to be over the valve. Valve between the blue portion and the B of big
It's a curse.
It's a curse.
bikeworkshop
Old School Grand Master
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
rBotM Winner
Yes oh crap tyre off.
novocaine
Retro Wizard
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
Old School Grand Master
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.
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.
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