On Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 10:12 AM, Mike <mjawn...@gmail.com> wrote:
>I'm not sure where I read it, but supposedly you could take a fully inflated bike tire into outer space and it wouldn't explode. I nominate David Estes to try this. He could take as 700c and 650b Think about it guys - you've only got 1 atmosphere of pressure at sea level. Look at your tire gauge & you'll see it goes to probably 10 atmospheres. You actually inflate to 5 to maybe 8 atmospheres (if you really like a rough ride). Pump your tire to 5 atm (roughly 75 psi) & take it into space. You've only reduced the exterior support by 1 atm or the difference between pumping to 5 atm & 6 atm (roughly 90 psi). Maybe we should still send David into space, just to be sure! dougP --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
