C02 a convert

[Davidc]

or Helium, make the bike lighter, You could fill the frame with it also.

Hydrogen would be MUCH more fun!

 

[Leaway2]

Hydrogen would be MUCH more fun!

Light blue touch paper, for that sprint away from the traffic lights.

 

[Archie_tect]

dunno.. you tell me...

Sorry Ian... just wondered if anyone would know, not you specifically!

 

[TheJDog]

A bit like...errm... all of your bike you mean...new tyres.. what do you do with them? Brake pads? etc etc etc etc, where do you draw the line. Any way...convenience is the factor.

I'm drawing the line at CO2 cartridges to pump up my tyres.

CO2 is heavier than air, anyway, so you've now got more mass to spin up

 

[youngoldbloke]

Not if I can help it. I don't hand pump car tyres either!

I use my Joe Blow to top them up - much easier than one of those double cylinder foot pump jobs.

 

[TheJDog]

Yes, as C02 Molecules are much smaller so leak through the tube.

Nothing to do with the size, CO2 molecules are bigger, of course. I'd guess it has something to do with the polarity of the CO2 cf N2 or O2 making able to more easily pass through the rubber tube. What do I know, though?

 

[cloggsy]

Yes, as C02 Molecules are much smaller so leak through the tube.

CO2 degrades the rubber in the tube, that is why you only use CO2 as a 'get you home' solution; once home, deflate and re-fill with good ol' fashioned air

 

[Leodis]

I got one of these last year

Its great because it has a regulator.

It is right, once home replace with air

 

[ComedyPilot]

What's wrong with this:

And a bit of this:

But then again, I am from Yorkshire, and common sense and a bit of effort seem to be alien concepts elsewhere in this land...

 

[Davidc]

What's wrong with this:

And a bit of this:

But then again, I am from Yorkshire, and common sense and a bit of effort seem to be alien concepts elsewhere in this land...

Nah. Common sense is to get the thing reinflated as quickly as possible, 'cos it's pi$$in9 with rain, cold and windy. At home common sense is electric (and it's solar) cos it's quicker and easier.

 

[BentMikey]

Yes, as C02 Molecules are much smaller so leak through the tube.

CO2 does leak faster, but it's not because the molecules are smaller, on the contrary ISTR they are slightly larger.

 

[Leaway2]

What's wrong with this:

I am from Yorkshire, and common sense and a bit of effort seem to be alien concepts elsewhere in this land...

Yorkshire folk are so funny........... and deluded, besides, I have nowhere to put it.

 

[ComedyPilot]

Yorkshire folk are so funny........... and deluded, besides, I have nowhere to put it.

I could find somewhere......

 

[ClichéGuevara]

http://www.coolthings.com/postpump-2-0/

Cracking idea imho.

 

[youngoldbloke]

http://www.coolthings.com/postpump-2-0/

Cracking idea imho.

I'll bet you can't get that into a seat tube with bottle cage mounts.