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How do you Mount your tyres?  

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  1. 1. How do you Mount your tyres?

    • As long as the rotation direction is correct I am happy
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    • I line up the valve and tyre logo because it looks good
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IT makes it easier to find a puncture.

 

 

 

 

 

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So the ease in finding the hole is purely down to making sure the logo lines up with valve and common sense plays no part in determining where the hole is ?

 

Before I say what utter ***, let me do a JB and ask if you have any empirical evidence to present that by having the logo line up with the valve, its easier to find the puncture ?

 

 

 

 

 

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Posted

 

IT makes it easier to find a puncture.

 

 

 

???So the ease in finding the hole is purely down to making sure the logo lines up with valve and common sense plays no part in determining where the hole is ?Before I say what utter ***' date=' let me do a JB and ask if you have any empirical evidence to present that by having the logo line up with the valve, its easier to find the puncture ?[/quote']

 

 

 

it does not have to line up with the valve but keep track of where the puncture is in relation to a distinctive mark on the tyre can speed up the process of finding the hole when you take out the tube.

 

 

 

(omg, now my head hurts from all the big words)

 

 

 

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I used to care, and be really fussy about the logo and the valve etc, but now I dont really give a damn. I just put it on, and the logo goes where it wants to. When I stand back and look, it just looks cool. But then maybe thats because there are more to my bikes than the tires / wheels that make them cool.

 

(Also with Tubbies you dont have a choice where the logo goes! Wink)

 

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IT makes it easier to find a puncture.

???So the ease in finding the hole is purely down to making sure the logo lines up with valve and common sense plays no part in determining where the hole is ?Before I say what utter ***' date=' let me do a JB and ask if you have any empirical evidence to present that by having the logo line up with the valve, its easier to find the puncture ?[/quote']

it does not have to line up with the valve but keep track of where the puncture is in relation to a distinctive mark on the tyre can speed up the process of finding the hole when you take out the tube.

(omg, now my head hurts from all the big words)

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Serves you right for not being UST
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Serves you right for not being UST


we're talking road here.

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Says who?

 

yeah, says who? and on the topic of road bikes, most deepish section rims have three logos on them. which do you line up with the tyre logo and valve? how do you decide that? hmmmmmm?  
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[quote=holy rollerif i was the bike shop person' date= you would've been wearing your silly wheel around your neck! 

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It's called pride in your work. If you see a photo of a bike. The valve on the wheels are at the top and the the rim logos at the bottom. It just make sense to put the hub upright aswell.

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Pride? or crazy psychotic obsession? Wacko

 

 
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IT makes it easier to find a puncture.

But if you think that is anal. I had a bike shop rebuild my wheels because the valve hole did not line up with the writing on the hub. If I look through the valve hole' date=' I want to see the logo on the hub. The writing on the rim must also face the same direction.


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do you have your riding shirts hanging in the closet with matching shoes lined up below and your bicycling magazines filed in date order too? Tongue
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Now you gonna laugh but I have my clothes hangers color coded. Red for work pants, grey for casual pants, white for work shirts, blue for casual shirts and black for jackets.

 

Its strange but thats how I roll.

 

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