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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Fred W" data-source="post: 1471506" data-attributes="member: 3828">Being one who liked and used Michelins a lot over the years, I’m in agreement with the grey beards above:  Michelin’s barcode print is not the balance mark.  That said, I still use it as a “starting” balance mark, since there is no other.I do have my bare wheels pre-balanced, and the amount of misbalance marked inside the rim in sharpie, where it won’t be worn away.  This is my reminder of that misbalance any time I stick a new donut on the rim.  I also have a mark on the hub (outside of the tire) where the light spot is, but not wanting a bunch of graffiti on my wheels, the amount is not noted.I’ll only rotate a once mounted tire if the mounted misbalance is greatly larger than the bare wheel.  Otherwise, I’ll just take what I get.  But if the mounted tire results in a misbalance significantly larger than the bare wheel, and in the same direction, I’ll rotate a tire.  It’s not really that tough unless you are using extra-wide tires or (gasp) car tires</blockquote>