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So brand new bike arrived set up tubeless but the valves… the valves… been put in random locations and different on both wheels.
My OCD kicks in, the bike feels slower, I can feel the other bikers around me mocking me (voices in my head).
So having never faced this terrible situation before… is there an easy way to rotate tyres without taking them off?
If I pop both sides of the beat am I likely to be able to rotate the tyre whilst still on the rim?
Or is it tyre off and start again? Or try to hide away my inner OCD which may lead to a nasty crash because of mis-assigned valves.
IME should be able to rotate them while still fitted but both beads unseated and testing in the middle of the rim. Maybe add some fairy liquid or whatever lubricant you have to hand.
If you pop the beads on both sides of the tyre you should be able to rotate the tyre with a touch of force.
The valves are in random locations? You mean somewhere other than the valve holes?
Is my pedantry worse than your OCD?
For some reason this gives me the idea to drill extra holes in the pub bike's rims, and run 3 valves on the rear and 5 on the front.
Just tell yourself it's to make finding thorn holes easier if you're ever using tubes.
The only solution it to remove the tyres, burn them as they are now tainted and to start a what tyre thread.
Honestly, just leave them as they are and make sure you apologize to any other cyclists you encounter with an explanation that the bike came like that and all your other bikes have the tyres fitted correctly and you were going to fix this one but you realized that it would waste sealant and you want to be environmentally friendly so you're just going to leave them as they are until they wear out and fit the next set properly.
oldnpastit
Full Member
Can you just black out the logos with a permanent marker and then draw a new logo that matches the valve locations?
Or go stealth mode, don't bother drawing new logos and pretend you are a pro trying out a secret new tyre
If a shop or manufacturer is responsible for this, it's pitchfork time.
Name and shame.
If it’s already tubeless then I just black out the tyre Louis rather than faff with the tyres. But I’m lazy
This is a no-win situation if you maintain the status quo. You'll look unprofessional if you appear not to care about misaligned valves and if you try and explain it came like that you'll have suggested you can do a tubeless setup yourself. Get 'em rotated! 😉
and if you try and explain it
If someone asked me i'd just shake my head and walk off... as far as 'things' go, this is pretty much bottom of my list.
If bought online you have the right to return it. They will need to pay the return postage as the bike was faulty.
Did you pay with a credit card?
Maybe send it back for a refund under the distance selling regulations.
Either that or bum the shop owners dog with a frozen lawn sausage on the end of a pair of Bombers.
Were I you I would adjust the front tyre so it’s misaligned the same as the rear one. Then adjust the rear to the same as the front one was.
At least you’ll understand.
I was gonna say "this thread is useless without pics", but on second thoughts, please don't! No one needs to see that before lunchtime!!
Best you work out how to take tubeless tyres on/off before you REALLY need to...
Yak
Full Member
Gotta strip the bike and rebuild. To be sure.
This is the only correct course of action, regardless of tyre logo alignment
Still under warranty?
Can you just black out the logos with a permanent marker and then draw a new logo that matches the valve locations?
Paint the sidewalls brown - then you'll look supercool
EDIT: Hope it's not a Giant...😬
Just hacksaw the valve off flush with the rim, and glue it back on in the right place. Alternatively leave it off and claim you're running a new prototype Valveless wheelset.
Obviously you'll need to seal it by hammering in a plastic golf tee with a Wellington Boot, but you knew that already if you're experienced enough to contemplate carrying out such technical tasks.
Is it really OCD though? Maybe a touch of OCPD.
Might be easier to get the rim manufacturer to move the rim stickers to align with the tyre logo's?
Surely everyone knows that the valves are supposed to be at the bit of the tyre that has the recommended pressures moulded in?
Surely you are stuffed anyway as virtually all tyres don't have the fancy coloured bits opposite each other.( Well all of mine are like that) If it looks correct from one side then it's wrong from 'tother
mattsccm
Free Member
Surely you are stuffed anyway as virtually all tyres don’t have the fancy coloured bits opposite each other.( Well all of mine are like that) If it looks correct from one side then it’s wrong from ‘tother
Bikes should only be photographed from the drive side, so what's happening on the left side is irrelevant
@weeksy - I can’t believe that June would allow you to leave his valves misaligned! What would the other racers say? He’ll get a rep as a rider who cares more about performance than appearance 😉 when everyone knows that looking pretty and ‘pro’ is more important. Lol
Shame on you. Shame on you. (Shakes head as he walks away muttering). Shame.
Is the bike a Giant? If yes, then any remediation will need to be done by an approved repairer.
Surely you are stuffed anyway as virtually all tyres don’t have the fancy coloured bits opposite each other.( Well all of mine are like that) If it looks correct from one side then it’s wrong from ‘tother
+1 Does my nut in 🙂
It definitely needs sorting. I had to buy new rim decals because they are in different places on each side of the rim. On one side they are nicely centred on the valve. On the other they are 90 degrees out of alignment with the valves. Who ever did this needs shooting
For some reason this gives me the idea to drill extra holes in the pub bike’s rims, and run 3 valves on the rear and 5 on the front.
Please do this, also add a "inflate to" sticker next to each one, all with different PSI listed.
Can you just black out the logos with a permanent marker and then draw a new logo that matches the valve locations?
Please do this, also add a “inflate to” sticker next to each one, all with different PSI listed.
Bicyclepubes is currently assembling a shit bike on Instragram, I'm going to suggest these ideas.
I'm afraid I'd never get round to it, please report back on what the pube guy does.
Oh it's this, there's a ton of ideas posted already
It’s peer pressure!!! Just carry on as is and enjoy the ride. Just BAAA at the first person that points it out…