Haro tyres fitted with labels on the right?..

[SDF]

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.

[Midschoolfool]

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?



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.

[deeman]

nah. i couldn't live with that! they are on backwards imo. mine are mounted with the arrows pointing forward! 

[SDF]

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?



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.

[SDF]

nah. i couldn't live with that! they are on backwards imo. mine are mounted with the arrows pointing forward! 

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👊🏻

[deeman]

nah. i couldn't live with that! they are on backwards imo. mine are mounted with the arrows pointing forward! 

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!! 

[deeman]

nah. i couldn't live with that! they are on backwards imo. mine are mounted with the arrows pointing forward! 

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....

Yes, I'll change them over this week, labels to the left side👍👍👍

[SDF]

nah. i couldn't live with that! they are on backwards imo. mine are mounted with the arrows pointing forward! 

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....

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.

[brettypeeps]

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 

[SDF]

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 

👊🏻👊🏻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.

[Avro]

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!

[Midschoolfool]

Some tyres are pretty clever. No matter which way you mount them they are the same. Kinda bent my brain when fitting my TAs.

[SDF]

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.