Originally Posted by
ColonelJLloyd
Few, I suppose. But, seeing max pressure would seem more important than the name of the tire while pumping them up. On my own bikes I don't think I pay any attention to the orientation of the tire with regard to the valve stem.
Is the pressure rating given only once along the tire's circumference? Or is it repeated? The purpose of aligning the valve stem with the tire's label (other than for style points) is to have a point of reference for finding where a tube puncture occurred. I can see how the value in that is retained by aligning to the pressure rating, but only if it's listed once on each side of the tire.