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- From: casseres@apple.com (David Casseres)
- Newsgroups: rec.bicycles.misc
- Subject: Re: Do Kevlar tires work?
- Message-ID: <casseres-211292131121@missmolly.apple.com>
- Date: 21 Dec 92 21:18:30 GMT
- References: <9210020537.AA07573@mcs.drexel.edu> <480003@hpwrce.mayfield.hp.com> <casseres-141292110944@missmolly.apple.com> <1992Dec15.150535.12805@waikato.ac.nz>
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- In article <1992Dec15.150535.12805@waikato.ac.nz>, jrdodd@waikato.ac.nz
- wrote:
- >
- > It is true though that bike tyres that are pumped up hard then left in the hot
- > sun for a while will explode. On sunny afternoons after races I've often heard
- > the odd explosion as someone decides to tell the world how they didn't deflate
- > their tyres a bit after racing.
-
- I guess I forgot to mention in my previous post that in my desert riding I
- often leave the bike out in the hot noonday sun for an hour or more while I
- have lunch. The tires do not explode. They don't even fart. Neither do
- anyone else's. I am sure that tires have been known to explode, and
- occasionally while sitting in the hot sun, but I do not believe the hot sun
- is the cause.
-
- > While riding though, I don't think it's a problem. And I've known of trackies
- > getting their tyres 50psi over the prescribed limit when doing track work.
-
- But the tire probably gets even hotter while riding, so how does the theory
- work?
-
- --
-
- David Casseres
- Exclaimer: Wow!
-