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I’d just like to know what the advantage would be in the first place. I know that it’s lighter than O2 but, how is making a bike lighter by .0000001 lbs going to make any difference??
If helium was in the tires would this have an effect on the weight?
Only that of your wallet - that weight reduction would account for a greater difference than the helium in the tires.
Of course, the helium would displace the O2 in the tires, and if you stored them for maybe 20 years it would help keep the insides of the tire new - but the outside would be shot.
Last edited by FurryOne; Aug 24, 2018 at 05:39 PM.
Sometimes I wonder if I am just being punked here...but I tend to be a gullible sort so WTF! I assume you are talking about Nitrogen, not Helium. There are several presumed advantages to nitrogen, none of which I personally think are worth a hoot unless you are racing, which is another thread altogether. Helium is put in balloons and given to small children (see post 2). OK OK...Is there something in my teeth?????
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