Originally Posted by
operator
If this were true, all the pro teams would be doing it. I've never _ever_ heard of this argument for putting nitrogen into bicycle tires before.
I have; usually around places like this. Of course, just because it keeps getting repeated doesn't make it valid. The argument usually goes something like race cars do it so we should do it for our bike tires, too. Sadly the rationale for the former has no bearing on the latter.