Originally Posted by
superj
so rim strip or rim tape is the piece on the inside of hte rim that protects the inner tube from spoke nipples? or it is supposed to keep the inner tube from sliding around the rim and making your valve stem crooked? i never knew that piece was called rim tape or strip.
Originally Posted by
cny-bikeman
...it looks like your rim strip is too wide, so that the left portion is sitting where the tire bead is supposed to sit. That could certainly lead to a blowout. You need to get a rim strip or rim tape that is narrow enough to fit in the valley between the two shoulders of the rim.
It's there to protect the tube from the spoke nipples, no effect on the valve stem. The valve stem gets crooked from riding on underinflated tires.