Thread: Nitrogen inflated tires - cheaper than CO2 and keeps rims cooler under braking?
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Old 05-07-14 | 08:03 AM
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Originally Posted by fietsbob
Hippies will suck on your tire valves to get a NOS buzz...
The buzz comes from N2O (nitrous oxide, aka "laughing gas"). All they will get from sucking on an nitrogen filled tire is suffocation.
Last edited by HillRider; 05-07-14 at 08:59 AM. Reason: chemical typo
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