I had a bike crash in July. My LBS checked my bike and told me as a result of the crash I cracked my front Zipp 808 tubular. They sent the wheel to Zipp. My LBS remounted my tire and I picked it up on Friday. I changed to the Zipp’s today in preparation for the LA tri next Sunday. After putting them on the bike I realized that the tire label was on the opposite side than it was before the crash. I know this because the label is on only one side of the tire and the labels are on opposite sides of the bike now. Looks like S^^t. The tires are Vittoria Corsa Cx with 181 miles on them.
Questions:
Most important is this a safety issue?
If it is not a safety issue, do I have to remount the tire or can I just black it out?
3)If I can black it out, how do you do it?
I was going to take a pic of my bike to post but …not going to happen till I fix this.
I don’t think that there will be a safety problem. If I recall, the CX is either smooth or has a tread pattern that looks like that of a metal file. Should be OK other than aesthetics.
Thanks, and I’ll do what uwmswimr said just flip the wheel and skewer should put the labels on the same side of the bike. Two things, where is Estee’s pic on dog porn and how’s the finger?
reply]Let us know how the angiogram goes. Good luck!
Angiiogram!? WTF? I must have missed something???
Dick
Chip has a lot in his middle finger. The problem “I think” is the doc’s can’t find were it came from. Do a search (Record10carbon) back a few weeks lots of posts.
The rear hub is obviously directional. Front hubs are not, however, when built “properly” a front wheel will have their hub situated so that when you are on top of the bike looking down towards the front wheel you should be able to read the brand, logo, or whatever insignia a hub may have from left to right. That logo is typically not backwards. But for the sake of having a front hub roll properly, it isn’t directional.
Nothing big Bob - they are trying to find a source for the clot in my finger is all. If the many doc’s were worried I would be on blood thiners more than baby asprin and they would be really on things. Most doc’s agree that I had a vascular tear in my shoulder during the swim of IMLP and we will never ever find where it came from - it will go away on its own and that will be that. But, none want to get sued either so they want to do all these tests.
I forgot to mention that if you have any one of the variations of a tri-spoke, quad spoke, Xentis, HEd, Corima, etc… etc…they have a direction that should be followed.
When I was having my bike serviced once, one of the guys brought it out to me, paused half way and flipped the skewer on the front wheel because it was on backwards. He was flipping it so the writing was readable from the front of the bike. Apparently Mavic did this for a few years (so that finish line photos would have it right-side up? I never know if my mechanic is joking or not). The mechanic corrected him, since my wheel is an '06 and they changed it back to being oriented for the rider.
So based on what you said, this is because of the way the wheel has been built?
Front hubs and road tires have no performance-affecting orientation, marketing nonwithstanding. Labels on tires were placed on the right side because that’s where they were most visible when riding in a velodrome. Tire labels were/are aligned with the valve stem to aid in finding cuts/holes in tubes.
glitch, I am having trouble understanding what you wrote. If your mechanic flipped the skewer because it was “backwards” means that the skewer lever was on the right side of the wheel and typically it is on the left side of the wheel.
Now, I would be very surprised that anyone could read the writing on a hub in a photo of a finish.
When it comes to wheelbuilding, small details are always invloved. One is to be able to read the name of your hub while seated on your bike and obviously not riding at the time you are trying to read it. You should be able to read the name on the hub from left to right. Another little detail is when you look through the valve hole(tire and tube off) you should be able to see the name or logo on your hub, sometimes it will be fully visible and sometimes it will be off to the right but still visible.
But just keep it simple, keep the skewer lever on the left side of the bike.
Now when it comes to directional tires, or carbon wheels that require a certain rotating direction it gets a bit more complicated but it is also very easy. Install them they way they are supposed to rotate and keep the skewer lever on the left.