Which side is which on a tire?

"Kovie" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:M7Ewb.300247$Fm2.322225@attbi_s04

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I'm sure this has been asked and answered before, but how do you know which way to install tires?
Is there a general rule of thumb, or is it tire-specific? I'm installing Conti GP 3000
All-Seasons, and can't figure out which is right and left. Does it matter? Thanks.

Sometimes it does, and sometimes it doesn't. Look for an arrow on the tire that indicates the
direction of motion.

Kovie said:

I'm sure this has been asked and answered before, but how do you know which way to install tires?
Is there a general rule of thumb, or is it tire-specific? I'm installing Conti GP 3000
All-Seasons, and can't figure out which is right and left. Does it matter? Thanks.

On tyres where it matters, the direction of rotation is usually marked on the sidewall with an arrow
usually labelled something like 'rotation'. If there is no such arrow, install either way around.
Interestingly the Velociraptor rear I installed yesterday was marked with an arrow labelled 'cross
country' one way and 'downhill' the other - cue visions of racers at the top of a hill desperately
tearing their tyres off and installing them again the other way round...

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"Kovie" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:M7Ewb.300247$Fm2.322225@attbi_s04...

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I'm sure this has been asked and answered before, but how do you know which way to install tires?
Is there a general rule of thumb, or is it tire-specific? I'm installing Conti GP 3000
All-Seasons, and can't figure out which is right and left. Does it matter? Thanks.

It doesn't matter. Some MTB tires have direction indicated, but that's just marketing. A
"traditional" way to mount tires is with the label to the right and opposite the valve stem. A
specific mounting orientation only provides the slight benefit of helping to locate the same spot on
the tire as the hole in the tube when fixing flats, to make sure the cause of the puncture isn't
still there.

Kovie said:

I'm sure this has been asked and answered before, but how do you know which way to install tires?
Is there a general rule of thumb, or is it tire-specific? I'm installing Conti GP 3000
All-Seasons, and can't figure out which is right and left. Does it matter? Thanks.

The tread goes on the outside.

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Kovie said:

I'm sure this has been asked and answered before, but how do you know which way to install tires?
Is there a general rule of thumb, or is it tire-specific? I'm installing Conti GP 3000
All-Seasons, and can't figure out which is right and left. Does it matter? Thanks.

It doesn't matter from the tire's perspective. I always mount tires with the label centerd at the
valve, facing the right side of the bike. Makes finding punctures and stuff stuck in the casing
easier once the tire and tube are off and separated.

Generally, it doesn't matter, however, if you mount it with some conspicuous detail (such as the
brand name) by the valve stem, it might help you find the valve more easily and also give you a
reference point (when you get a flat) so that you can check the tire for what caused the flat.

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"Kovie" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:M7Ewb.300247$Fm2.322225@attbi_s04...

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I'm sure this has been asked and answered before, but how do you know

which

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way to install tires? Is there a general rule of thumb, or is it tire-specific? I'm installing
Conti GP 3000 All-Seasons, and can't figure out which is right and left. Does it matter? Thanks.

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Kovie said:

I'm sure this has been asked and answered before, but how do you know which way to install tires?
Is there a general rule of thumb, or is it tire-specific? I'm installing Conti GP 3000
All-Seasons, and can't figure out which is right and left. Does it matter? Thanks.

Tires with a tread pattern which resembles something like the following:

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or \ \ \ \ \ \ / / / / / /

You want to mount so looking from top down the direction points forward. Typically better for
clearing water, mud, sand, loose gravel, though this is far more important on an MTB tire than road.
On road I'm usually riding slick tires for lower rolling resistance and sticking in turns.

Richard Adams said:

Tires with a tread pattern which resembles something like the following:

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or \ \ \ \ \ \ / / / / / /

You want to mount so looking from top down the direction points forward. Typically better for
clearing water, mud, sand, loose gravel, though this is far more important on an MTB tire
than road.

It's not at all important on the road. Tread is only effective when the road surface is soft enough
that the knobs can penetrate the surface, such as on dirt. On asphalt or cement, tread is a waste of
time and purely cosmetic.

Steven L. Sheffield <[email hidden]> wrote:
: The tread goes on the outside.

doesn't help. my tyres don't have tread.
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On this particular tire there are labels on both sides, unfortunately.

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Kovie said:

I'm sure this has been asked and answered before, but how do you know which way to install
tires? Is there a general rule of thumb, or is it tire-specific? I'm installing Conti GP 3000
All-Seasons, and can't figure out which is right and left. Does it matter? Thanks.

It doesn't matter from the tire's perspective. I always mount tires with the label centerd at the
valve, facing the right side of the bike. Makes finding punctures and stuff stuck in the casing
easier once the tire and tube are off and separated.

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Kovie
[B]On this particular tire there are labels on both sides, unfortunately.

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Kovie said:

I'm sure this has been asked and answered before, but how do you know which way to install
tires? Is there a general rule of thumb, or is it tire-specific? I'm installing Conti GP 3000
All-Seasons, and can't figure out which is right and left. Does it matter? Thanks.

It doesn't matter from the tire's perspective. I always mount tires with the label centerd at the
valve, facing the right side of the bike. Makes finding punctures and stuff stuck in the casing
easier once the tire and tube are off and separated. [/B]

Simon Brooke may have said:

...cue visions of racers at the top of a hill desperately tearing their tyres off and installing
them again the other way round...

Using specially-built dual-cassette rear wheels on wide-spacing frames that allow the rear wheel to
be reversed quickly; potentially, this also provides them with the ability to have a different set
of gears for climbing and descent like a fixie rider. (The cassettes would probably have to be
aluminum in order to be light enough for that bunch, though.)

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...but have you *seen* the size of the world wide spider?

Yes. It lives in the ditch behind a building nearby, and it's *hungry*. Unfortunately, we have been
unable to train it to feed on spammers...yet.

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Tires with a tread pattern which resembles something like the following:

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or \ \ \ \ \ \ / / / / / /

You want to mount so looking from top down the direction points forward.

I agree with you for the front tire, but that is becuase I believe the tread pattern at the bottom
of the wheel "scoops" dirt and therefore holds better rather than plowing through the dirt if it's
loose. Therefore, for traction, I'd mount the rear tire backwards from the front.

Do I make sense or am I just stupid?

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David Reuteler may have said:

Steven L. Sheffield <[email hidden]> wrote:
: The tread goes on the outside.

doesn't help. my tyres don't have tread.

Then mount them round side up.

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Squid-in-Training said:

I agree with you for the front tire, but that is becuase I believe the tread pattern at the bottom
of the wheel "scoops" dirt and therefore holds better rather than plowing through the dirt if it's
loose. Therefore, for traction, I'd mount the rear tire backwards from the front.

Do I make sense or am I just stupid?

You make sense, although the practical difference is often nil.

Additionally, for some "scoop"-ish shapes, the scoop works counterintuitively, as the scoop can fill
with dirt and ride on it while the backwards scoop may push dirt to the sides resulting in more
traction...or something.

Don't ask me how I know that, or for which "scoop"-ish shapes it's true. I may well be talking out
of my ass (hey, another use of "ass" for the assisms thread), but I think I've acquired that
knowledge in some useful manner.
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Rubber side down. Phil Brown

What about on the top of the wheel? Or in the Southern Hemisphere?

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...but have you *seen* the size of the world wide spider?

Yes. It lives in the ditch behind a building nearby, and it's *hungry*. Unfortunately, we have
been unable to train it to feed on spammers...yet.

No, he lives behind the diner with the homeless guy from "Mulholland Dr."

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Rubber side down. Phil Brown

What about on the top of the wheel? Or in the Southern Hemisphere?

In the southern hemisphere, of course, the rim tape goes on wrapped in the other direction.

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Steven L. Sheffield <[email hidden]> wrote:
: The tread goes on the outside.

doesn't help. my tyres don't have tread.

Yes they do.

On the assumption* that you're riding on slicks, then your tread is smooth or unpatterned.

Best,

Tim.

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