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BMX General => BMX Chat => Topic started by: SDF on March 13, 2022, 11:05 AM
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I've fitted the Haro tyres with the labels showing on the chain wheel side ( see pic) the arrows are lined up for the left side.
I ignored the arrows as I wanted them on the right side, does it really matter?
Never cared about it in the mid eighties 😀
Steve.
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I would say on a tyre like that with tight packed treads it would be fine. They don't look "seriously directional" to me.
On something like this?
(https://i.imgur.com/umyRCCz.jpg)
It's a much bigger deal. Mostly because it is designed to bite better in the correct direction and offer less rolling resistance. Which all changes if you put it on backward.
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nah. i couldn't live with that! they are on backwards imo. mine are mounted with the arrows pointing forward! :daumenhoch:
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I would say on a tyre like that with tight packed treads it would be fine. They don't look "seriously directional" to me.
On something like this?
(https://i.imgur.com/umyRCCz.jpg)
It's a much bigger deal. Mostly because it is designed to bite better in the correct direction and offer less rolling resistance. Which all changes if you put it on backward.
I thought the same as you directional wise. I will leave them like they are for the moment as I'm never going to be used. Steve.
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nah. i couldn't live with that! they are on backwards imo. mine are mounted with the arrows pointing forward! :daumenhoch:
Many thanks for your info Damo, it's been bugging me, as I couldn't see what difference the arrows would have made.We rode them on ramps and ground in any direction in the 1980's , the arrows are just for show? I might re align them in the future👊🏻
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nah. i couldn't live with that! they are on backwards imo. mine are mounted with the arrows pointing forward! :daumenhoch:
Many thanks for your info Damo, it's been bugging me, as I couldn't see what difference the arrows would have made.We rode them on ramps and ground in any direction in the 1980's , the arrows are just for show? I might re align them in the future👊🏻
Like a lot of things, in practice it would be doubtful that you could tell the difference!! :daumenhoch:
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nah. i couldn't live with that! they are on backwards imo. mine are mounted with the arrows pointing forward! :daumenhoch:
Many thanks for your info Damo, it's been bugging me, as I couldn't see what difference the arrows would have made.We rode them on ramps and ground in any direction in the 1980's , the arrows are just for show? I might re align them in the future👊🏻
I am sure iirc that Ron Wilkerson ran his front tyre backwards in most of the pics i studied when i was building a rider rep a few years ago.......more aesthethically important than performance related i would imagine.... :daumenhoch:
Yes, I'll change them over this week, labels to the left side👍👍👍
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nah. i couldn't live with that! they are on backwards imo. mine are mounted with the arrows pointing forward! :daumenhoch:
Many thanks for your info Damo, it's been bugging me, as I couldn't see what difference the arrows would have made.We rode them on ramps and ground in any direction in the 1980's , the arrows are just for show? I might re align them in the future👊🏻
I am sure iirc that Ron Wilkerson ran his front tyre backwards in most of the pics i studied when i was building a rider rep a few years ago.......more aesthethically important than performance related i would imagine.... :daumenhoch:
Yes, I'll change them over this week, labels to the left side👍👍👍 think I must be losing the plot as got em fitted perfect on this and my Torker😀 many thanks 👊🏻Steve.
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It has always been a bug bear since i started doing show and shine. If only Bob had thought about it all them years ago eh :LolLolLolLol: :LolLolLolLol:
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It has always been a bug bear since i started doing show and shine. If only Bob had thought about it all them years ago eh :LolLolLolLol: :LolLolLolLol:
👊🏻👊🏻I'm going to correct them the weekend. For some reason I had got it in my mind that I wanted them chain wheel side😀
Steve.
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It is a convention that any stampings and labels on tyres and wheels are read from the driveside. However that direction arrow would drive me nuts!
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Some tyres are pretty clever. No matter which way you mount them they are the same. Kinda bent my brain when fitting my TAs.
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I've fitted the Haro tyres with the labels showing on the chain wheel side ( see pic) the arrows are lined up for the left side.
I ignored the arrows as I wanted them on the right side, does it really matter?
Never cared about it in the mid eighties 😀
Steve.
Update , tyres on correct now👊🏻👊🏻
Steve.