Spraying bike with water

[Andy_R]

I find Shimano water is superior to Campag water.

Only if it's properly diluted. As for drying, I have heard some of the pro teams use Nitrox 28 (compressed air with increased oxygen content to 28% from the standard 21%) to prevent the bike frames bending at altitude in the mountain stages.

 

[twentysix by twentyfive]

I find if you leave the muck to accumulate it reaches a steady state between the rate of deposition (from the lanes) vs the rate it flakes off (in the dry) or washes off (in the rain).

If you really need a rag to dry your bike I'd advise not using rejected Y fronts from the chest of drawers at @Drago Towers

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Is that the one where you add water to make it wet again?

No. I think it comes without oxygen. So it’s lighter than air when carried. Then you just add O2 from the air when it’s time to drink.

 

[C R]

No. I think it comes without oxygen. So it’s lighter than air when carried. Then you just add O2 from the air when it’s time to drink.

That's not achieved without risk, though, just ask Herr Hindemburgh. OTOH, it would make for a great emergency welding torch in the highly unlikely case that your metal bike fails .

 

[Sterlo]

No. I think it comes without oxygen. So it’s lighter than air when carried. Then you just add O2 from the air when it’s time to drink.

Sorry to pick you up but it's Hx2 & Ox1, bit of a chem nerd

 

[C R]

Sorry to pick you up but it's Hx2 & Ox1, bit of a chem nerd

Those hydrogens are very cunning and quickly split those O2 couples on the promise of a threesome.

 

[Sterlo]

Those hydrogens are very cunning and quickly split those O2 couples on the promise of a threesome.

It's always those early atomic numbers you have to watch out for, they've calmed down by the time you get to 8.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Sorry to pick you up but it's Hx2 & Ox1, bit of a chem nerd

Oxygen travels in pairs. Hate to outdo your nerdiness. So whilst the hydrogen might only want one for every two , the oxygen comes in a multipack when in the air.

 

[Jenkins]

Pah - you lot have more money than sense. Buying water, wasting all that good new stuff on a bike - what's wrong with diving for what old water you can salvage from the bottom of a skip?