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Why are emergency inflation cartridges filled with CO2?
Why aren't they filled with ambient air using air compressors? Isn't compressing ambient air cheaper than generating CO2? If it is, then those cartridges would have two benefits:
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Does a fat tire ride softer than a skinny one at the same pressure?
Fat tires are associated with good bump absorption. Is this due to their fatness, or is it due to the low pressure with which they can be used?
If I pump a fatbike tire to 120 psi (yes, that would be ...
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Is contact patch area governed by A=W/P
contact_patch_area = weight / tire_pressure
Is this true?
Wikipedia says "mostly".
This guy analyzed some automobile tire manufacturer, and although the info was self-conflicting, he concludes ...
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Why do skinny tires require less pedal effort?
Everyone knows (citation needed) that (at fixed rim diameter) tyres with smaller section require less effort to move around (at least on a paved road).
TL; DR.
Why?
A bit of context.
I always ...
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