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01-10-2005, 05:16 PM

Tom Sherman wrote:

> I believe that Mark and Christine are using a compressor to pressurize a
> reservoir to ~250 psi, letting the compressed air cool down to ambient
> temperature, then inflating the bicycle tire to normal inflation
> pressure. In this case, the air is being expanded into the tire, so some
> cooling would take place.

Ah. OK, that would be correct.

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01-10-2005, 05:16 PM	#178 (permalink)
Frank Krygowski Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Rim brake heat and clincher blowoff, was Re: Potential good newsforMt. Washington access. Tom Sherman wrote: > I believe that Mark and Christine are using a compressor to pressurize a > reservoir to ~250 psi, letting the compressed air cool down to ambient > temperature, then inflating the bicycle tire to normal inflation > pressure. In this case, the air is being expanded into the tire, so some > cooling would take place. Ah. OK, that would be correct. -- --------------------+ Frank Krygowski [To reply, remove rodent and vegetable dot com, replace with cc.ysu dot edu]