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02-03-2007, 09:23 AM

frkrygow@gmail.com wrote:
> On Feb 2, 4:22 pm, tkeats2...@hotmail.com (Tom Keats) wrote:
>>
>> Knowing where the valve stem is in the tire
>> really does help to find the causes of flats.
>> Having a point of reference beats having do
>> do random searches.
>
> Does anyone besides me mark which side of the tube is right vs. left?
> You know - to prevent having to search both clockwise and
> counterclockwise from the stem's position?

Couldn't you just always orient the print on the tube (assuming there is
any) to, say, the drive side?

02-03-2007, 09:23 AM	#7 (permalink)
Bill Sornson Guest Posts: n/a	Re: sharps & flats frkrygow@gmail.com wrote: > On Feb 2, 4:22 pm, tkeats2...@hotmail.com (Tom Keats) wrote: >> >> Knowing where the valve stem is in the tire >> really does help to find the causes of flats. >> Having a point of reference beats having do >> do random searches. > > Does anyone besides me mark which side of the tube is right vs. left? > You know - to prevent having to search both clockwise and > counterclockwise from the stem's position? Couldn't you just always orient the print on the tube (assuming there is any) to, say, the drive side?