Nitrogen!

[screenman]

Having had my car tyres filled with this a while back when they needed replacing I drained the Nitrogen from them into my bike tyre. Wow! what a difference 2 minutes off of my journey time, it also allowed me to run at a much lower pressure they tell me this is to do with increased molecular size, meaning you need less of them to fill the space.

I am thinking of setting this up as a mobile service at Sportives and time trials. I would charge say £2 per tyre, what do you guys think.

 

[Andrew_Culture]

How on earth did you transfer it from car to bike?

 

[winjim]

I usually use a mix of about 78% nitrogen to 20% oxygen, with a bit of carbon dioxide and other bits and pieces just to make up the difference.

 

[uclown2002]

April Fools!
Come on Andrew ffs

 

[screenman]

April Fools!
Come on Andrew ffs

How clever of you to work it out but not add any humour. Sad.

 

[uclown2002]

OK I've added some smileys for you!

 

[Mo1959]

Ha, ha. I only just mentioned it being 1st April on another thread and I still didn't click!

 

[screenman]

OK I've added some smileys for you!

Too late. You spoiled the game completely. You obviously do not know the rules of April1st forum posts.

 

[screenman]

Boris bike tyres are said to be filled with nitrogen, it doesn't seem to confer much by way of speed advantage.

I thought they were filled with hot air and bluster.

 

[Andrew_Culture]

Boris bike tyres are said to be filled with nitrogen, it doesn't seem to confer much by way of speed advantage.

Having ridden them at the weekend I can only assume the tyres are in fact filled with lead shot.

 

[Speicher]

@screenman

Do you use dihydrogen monoxide to clean the bicycles after you have injected nitrogen into the tyres?

 

[Speicher]

You could end up with dehydrate of bixicle nitride.

 

[snorri]

That is Boris' bike not Boris Bikes.

It's that darned apostrophe confusing things again

 

[cyberknight]

Did the bike sing to you like the beegees ?

 

[marknotgeorge]

I'm tempted to fill my tyres with Argoshield Light out of my welding gas bottle. It's mostly Argon,which is heavier than air, so should hold the road better...