Originally Posted by
Carbonfiberboy
When you stop to fix a flat, sometimes in the initial examination you find the hole in the tire, but sometimes you don't or you aren't sure. Then you have to find the leak in the tube and match it up with the sometimes hidden object lodged in the tire that made the leak, and remove it or else you get another flat in a couple miles.
It's a PITA that tire manufacturers decided that having 2 logos was worth more to them than our need to find the hole in the tire. So now unless you're really careful with tire/tube alignment after you take off the flatted tire, you have to say the hole is either here . . . or there. I much preferred the old way of having the logo on one side only. Logo went over the valve stem on the QR side. Then it was much easier to figure it out.
Don't remove the tire when fixing a flat. Pop off one side only with the tire levers and pull out the tube. The tire should never have to leave the rim.