OK – I’m almost certainly being thick here, but this I can kind of understand;
nuke – Member
A rather crap excuse but I find if I line the logos up I can quickly spot where the valve is when changing a flat
Although I suspect the aesthetic sense is strong with nuke 🙂
What I don’t really get at all is this (and it seems to be the reason for most aligners aligning…);
andrewh – Member
Always.
Reason for doing this proved the other day. Out riding with some mates, one punctured. He removed tube and gave it to the other one, who found the hole and said it’s about a quarter of the way round from the valve. Of by this time the tyre had been removed from the rim and we had no idea where a quarter turn was. If had lined them up properly…
Surely running your fingers round the inside of the tyre takes all of five seconds, combined with a quick visual inspection? Especially given that the vaaaast majority of punctures I’ve had, and that my mates have had, don’t leave anything stuck in the tyre – they’re pinch punctures, broken glass not picked up by the tyre etc. I’ve only ever had a thorn in my tyre once – maybe I’m lucky.
Like I said – I honestly don’t get it – am I missing the point?