scruffy
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Bird, you are absolutely right! I had forgotten about that one. It is a nice feature on the tube, and definately helps get the tube lined up nice and straight inside the tire. A tale tail sign on many tube types, is the valve stem is not sticking out perpendicular to the rim, as the installer never took the extra care to get it lined up 100% straight. Been guilty of that a time or two myself (on my own equipment), problem is, you take a chance of wearing a hole right at the base of the stem where it comes through the rim when it is not straight.