Finding the tire valves

[SegwayDan]

Perhaps this is the way the tires are routinely put on the wheels at the factory, but both of my valves are opposite the left end of the "Segway. . ." label on each tire. I know this could change if anyone does a tube replacement or repair, but then again, one could take care to line up the tire in the same place relative to the valve before putting the tire back on the wheel.

One could also mark the valve position on the outer sidewall with a dot of white-out or something.

Anyway, it saves some time checking tire pressure if you know that the valve will be accessible before you tip the machine over. In my case it's especially valuable because I have the cargo bags installed, and I can't really rotate the machine around once it's on its side.

BTW, I have a dial guage on a hose with a relief valve, which I bought at Brookstone. I can easily twist the dial around to see it and then press the relief valve, watching the needle move down to the correct pressure.

[bentbiker]

Perhaps this is the way the tires are routinely put on the wheels at the factory, but both of my valves are opposite the left end of the "Segway. . ." label on each tire. I know this could change if anyone does a tube replacement or repair, but then again, one could take care to line up the tire in the same place relative to the valve before putting the tire back on the wheel.

One could also mark the valve position on the outer sidewall with a dot of white-out or something.

Anyway, it saves some time checking tire pressure if you know that the valve will be accessible before you tip the machine over. In my case it's especially valuable because I have the cargo bags installed, and I can't really rotate the machine around once it's on its side.

BTW, I have a dial guage on a hose with a relief valve, which I bought at Brookstone. I can easily twist the dial around to see it and then press the relief valve, watching the needle move down to the correct pressure.
Dan,

You can save yourself some heavy lifting -- you need not lay the unit on its side to get to the valves. Just tilt the LSF forward and lay it on the ground to expose the valves.

[jgbackes]

Perhaps this is the way the tires are routinely put on the wheels at the factory, but both of my valves are opposite the left end of the "Segway. . ." <snip>...</snip> pressure.

My wheels have a little bump on the rim where the stem is. Is that a i180 only thing?

The first time I aired up a Segway I ending up taking out all of the spokes till I found the valve stem. After I purchased mine, and read the manual, I found this "feature"

It's a sign of very good engineering, the small things add up!

[SegwayDan]

Yeah, I think that's a 180-only feature.

[SegwayDan]

I tried your method, but I found that the valve on the right-hand tire points down and away which is awkward for holding both my pressure gauge and the air hose to it.

With the wheel lying down on the ground on its face, the valve is pointing up and stable, and both the air hose and gauge hose can be held against it with one hand while the other is operating the valves on both the air hose and the pressure gauge.

The machine is actually not that heavy nor awkward to tip on its side.

[ryan_walters]

I also find it easier to flip the machine (i2) onto one wheel to check air pressure. I tried just leaning it forward / backwards, but found it didn't work too well. Easier for me to just tip it onto it's side.

On my first set of tires the valve stems were opposite the segway logo as well. Made it easy to flip it over with the 'bottom' wheel in the right location. My second set of tires didn't have them lined up this way. Probably wouldn't be hard to put a small dot or something on the outside of the tire where the valve stem is.

[SEGsby]

I use the "Forward Flip" technique already mentioned, and slowly rotate the wheel to locate the valve.

SEGsby