Comment by insaneirish
7 years ago
> Like how I can't fill my car tire with my bike pump.
Um. Yes, you can. It just might take a little while. You can fill 100 psi road bike tires with a hand pump. A 30-40 psi car tire is not a problem.
7 years ago
> Like how I can't fill my car tire with my bike pump.
Um. Yes, you can. It just might take a little while. You can fill 100 psi road bike tires with a hand pump. A 30-40 psi car tire is not a problem.
Have done this, can confirm, it does take a while :) like tricept workout kind of while, but it does work... (for expediency I used a floor pump serfas or something like that)....
yeah the pressure isn't a problem, the volume can wear you out though :)
I had to do this once myself. I was surprised by how hot the bike pump was by the end. It was on the threshold between warm and hot. It wouldn't burn you on contact, but you wouldn't want to grip it hard for more than a couple of seconds either.
Was that more due to gas thermodynamics or mechanical friction?
I use bike pumps a lot, but only on bikes, so I've never experienced this.
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