it seems if i ride my bike everyday, the tires stay nice and full of air....but if i leave it in the house for a month or 2 then it seems to get too flat to ride. anyone know anything about this?
2007-03-15 13:57:21 · 3 answers · asked by Will P 2 in Sports ➔ Cycling
hey that's pretty good info there bigring...what pros actually go along with filling their tires with nitrogen?
2007-03-15 14:17:04 · update #1
AS a bike moves and the tires are rolled with your body weight, this force excites the molecules that make up the tube/tire and forces them to be a uniform distance apart...
AS the bike sits, the forces have the rubber to start beaking down(relaxing) opening ever increasing spaces in between the molecules that make up the tube/tire...
Couple this with trying to contain some of the smallest molecules on the periodic table and you have a problem if the bike sits - not too big of a problem though, just refill your tires with air...
Some pro teams are using Nitrogen to fill their tires!
UV/Sunlight is another excellerant of rubber/tire degradation - store your bike away from windows!
Now you know!
2007-03-15 14:07:43 · answer #1 · answered by bigringtravis 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
It's true car tires even get flatter if you don't drive it. It happened to my car i parked in my driveway of weeks the tires got flatter. I really don't know why that happens.
2007-03-15 21:05:31 · answer #2 · answered by Ashisweety 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
seems like it doesn't it? but I don't know why
2007-03-15 21:00:15 · answer #3 · answered by greenfrogs 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋