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I have seen it mentioned on here that some of you carry small bottles of air on rides. I don't know if they are suitable from a safety purspecitive. Size just over a foot long. 9 currently available. Location Rotherham, 2 miles from junction 33 of the M1
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Chris S

Legendary Member
Location
Birmingham
There are lots of them around here :smile:
 

I like Skol

A Minging Manc...
Got to ask, why are you gifting these and do you know what they are generally used for?

Plenty of users in my neck of the woods, some drivers even seen using balloons while they drive! Please hand these to the authorities for safe disposal.
 

rogerzilla

Legendary Member
Maybe it makes your bike go like a dragster?

Not sure what its rubber solubility is like compared to CO2, which is woeful.
 
Got to ask, why are you gifting these and do you know what they are generally used for?

Plenty of users in my neck of the woods, some drivers even seen using balloons while they drive! Please hand these to the authorities for safe disposal.
See my OP.
 
Maybe it makes your bike go like a dragster?

Not sure what its rubber solubility is like compared to CO2, which is woeful.

If you were to fill these up for the potential cycling use, they would contain in various amounts: (N2) (O2) (CO2) (H2O) and many other compounds in various minute amounts. Pretty much the same as what is inside your tyres.
 

Dadam

Über Member
Location
SW Leeds
Please do not attempt to have these filled with anything, take them to the recycling centre. No reputable supplier of gases (or anybody who knows what they're doing( will fill these with any gas and to attempt to do so without specialist knowledge would be very dangerous. Don't mess with high pressure stuff, it's a lot more than in a bike tyre.
 

wafter

I like steel bikes and I cannot lie..
Location
Oxford
Presumably they're empty, that's why they've been discarded. The example I have is rated at 165bar so orders of magnitude greater than you'll ever need for a bike tyre; I plan on using mine for a tubeless tank if I ever get around to it.

I see no issue with filling one from a track pump (with appropriate fittings) as long as it's re-labelled as compressed air to avoid any mistakes in future..
 

I like Skol

A Minging Manc...
"The Times newspaper reports that under the proposals, drug misuse laws would be updated to allow people found with nitrous oxide gas in public to be prosecuted."

Could lead to some awkward moments for legitimate cyclists if they have any interaction with an uninformed police officer.... I know my CO2 cylinders for inflating tyres are unmarked and could be hard to prove what they contain if challenged when out and about?
 

toffee

Guru
"The Times newspaper reports that under the proposals, drug misuse laws would be updated to allow people found with nitrous oxide gas in public to be prosecuted."

Could lead to some awkward moments for legitimate cyclists if they have any interaction with an uninformed police officer.... I know my CO2 cylinders for inflating tyres are unmarked and could be hard to prove what they contain if challenged when out and about?

They would have to prove what was in the cyclinder, not just on the shape and material it is made of. Asking for the gas back to inflate a tyre after they have opened it could be interesting.
 
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