I'd say that'd be pretty hard to achieve... Too costly as EVERYTHIng would have to be welded together... i would think it would compromise strength aswell.
-james -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of mark krawczuk Sent: Sunday, 23 June 2002 12:28 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: nitrogen filled tires hi, would u be better of with vacuum in the frame? mark k ----- Original Message ----- From: "james wade" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, June 23, 2002 12:39 AM Subject: RE: nitrogen filled tires > 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]/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- --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]/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------
