Originally Posted by
JonathanGennick
There is usually a line inscribed around the tire that should be equidistant from the rim when the tire is mounted properly. What I sometimes do with stubborn tires is inflate a tire lightly, say to 5psi or 10psi. Then I work my hands around the tire and squeeze it and make sure the bead is seated properly, and centered. Then when all looks good, I finish pumping it up. Had to do that recently on a 650b tire I mounted to a bottom-of-the-barrel rim.
What does this line look like? There's plenty of lines on that tire.
BTW, the tire on that bike is the cheap tires Huffy put on it at the factory in China. The tire doesn't even have a brand name on it. However, I do know that the tube in the tire I'm asking about is a "Hutchinson" Inner Tube because I had to change it. The front tire is the same cheap tire with a Kenda Tube in it. Personally, I don't like Kenda inner tubes.
It's not a real Huffy. It's one of those "branded" ones. From the way I take it, Roadmaster, Huffy, and the other brands are made by the same company at the same factory in China.
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BTW, I have a old 1981 "Free Spirit" Pinnacle Road Bike. Research says that Free Spirit was a brand used by Sears and Roebuck. Can someone tell me who Free Spirit was made by, where Free Spirit bikes were made, and what ended up happening to the the brand?