Ive heard of bmx racers using helium? These days those guys are weight crazy and all, so yeah its like they want a lighter bike and all that. I even heard of a guy putting helium inside his frame (ie. inside the tubing). talk about kooky.
-james -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of mark krawczuk Sent: Saturday, 22 June 2002 8:04 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: nitrogen filled tires i believe that some racing pushbikes use nitrogen in the tyres? mark k ----- Original Message ----- From: "James Cox" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, June 22, 2002 1:32 PM Subject: RE: nitrogen filled tires > Actually I think they do that to maintain a constant tyre pressure > since nitrogen is less likely to expand with heat increases, a common > practice in > some forms of motorsport. If he really intended to make the tires > lighter he should have uses helium. > > Jame Cox > > > > > >No > >I have only ever seen a bloke fill his tyres with nitrogen to make > >them lighter, similar to bridge construction (true story) > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com > > --membersozdat------------------------------------------------------- OZDAT Mailing List Please Note:- Send (un)subscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send submissions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] No unauthorised redistribution of this email http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/index.htm http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/listindex.html http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- --membersozdat------------------------------------------------------- OZDAT Mailing List Please Note:- Send (un)subscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send submissions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] No unauthorised redistribution of this email http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/index.htm http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/listindex.html http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------
