Tech help , weight reduction

[MitchF]

Hey, if I put more air in my shock and forks......will my bike be lighter ?

 

[Beekeeper]

Hey, if I put more air in my shock and forks......will my bike be lighter ?

Yes if you use hydrogen or helium

 

[Doomanic]

Hey, if I put more air in my shock and forks......will my bike be lighter ?

Zimmer, is that you?

 

[Zimmerframe]

Hey, if I put more air in my shock and forks......will my bike be lighter ?

I find it easier and cheaper to just cycle where gravity is lower.

 

[MitchF]

Yes if you use hydrogen or helium

Mmmm , really, that’s good for thought ??

 

[MitchF]

Hadn’t thought of that Zim ??‍

 

[MitchF]

Zimmer, is that you?

No Dom, it’s me ?

 

[MitchF]

But surely it’s true.
If a balloon has no air , it just stays on the floor/surface.
If you fill it with air , it floats ??‍

 

[Doomanic]

But surely it’s true.
If a balloon has no air , it just stays on the floor/surface.
If you fill it with air , it floats ??‍

No it doesn't, you need to fill it with a gas that's lighter than air for it float, like the aforementioned Helium.

 

[steve_sordy]

If you put enough Hydrogen in it will eventually weigh more than if you had left the air in at the lower pressure.

If you put any Helium in at anything above atmospheric pressure it will leak out. Helium is a very small molecule and will leak past the seals. This is why even with balloons made from aluminised plastic film, they still go down after a few days.

 

[Darren]

Take air out if you want it to be lighter.....

 

[Zimmerframe]

This is why even with balloons made from aluminised plastic film, they still go down after a few days

Monica Lewinsky was like that.

 

[Zimmerframe]

Nitrogen is probably your best bet. It's slightly lighter than air, is less likely to migrate through the rubber and is doesn't change pressure much with temperature changes.

 

[steve_sordy]

Monica Lewinsky was like that.

I thought her dress was blue silk, not aluminised film?

 

[Zimmerframe]

M

I thought her dress was blue silk, not aluminised film?

Maybe she didn't have a problem with gas retention..

 

[steve_sordy]

M
Maybe she didn't have a problem with gas retention..

Do you expect me to swallow that!