Silly bike questions you've asked/been asked.

[Ocean1]

He then proceed to ask if he could get sprockets with the number of teeth being prime numbers, so the same piece of chain never uses the same tooth on the sprocket???????????

its always better if you want long chain life to have a front and back sprocket that don't divide evenly ie 15 to 45 not good. 15 to 44 good.

Er, yeah dood, fancy not knowin' that.

Still, understandable, it's way less important on most of the velocitudinally impaired bikes.

*runs away*

[vifferman]

I used to get, "Ooh - you must get really wet when it rains!" all the time - this from car-driving fellow employees, who got wetter walking the couple of blocks from where they parked the car, than I did covered head to toe in my 100% waterproof gear, and parking in the building's basement.

One question I got asked that would've made me laugh if I hadn't been in so much pain, was "Where are you??", when I'd phoned in to say I wouldn't be in to work that day.
As it turned out, at that exact moment, I was in fact lying on my back in an ambulance, right outside the front door of the office, talking on the ambo's cellphone, after being written off on the way to work by some retarded car driver.

The most typical dumb question I get asked is, "Oh - so what kind of bike do you ride?" Almost invariably, it's someone who has no f'kn idea about bikes, so I just say, "A blue one."

[barty5]

But there is!

Pure nitrogen apparently varies in density much less over typical tyre temperature ranges, making it well-suited to inflating tyres when cold and then keeping them at the correct pressure throughout a race meeting, etc.

As far as I know, anyway.

yes your right it also slows the effect of tyres deflating over time or at least slows it down.

[sunhuntin]

pull into parking space. get off and remove helmet. question from the drunk outside the TAB who watched me pull in etc. "do you ride that?"

[Disco Dan]

Lady in bank this morning: "Do you ride a motorbike?"

....standing there in full bike gear, with helmet on counter.

"yeah... i'd like to make a depos..."
"My husband rides a bike... yap yap yap..."
"Can I just make a deposit please???"

[Badjelly]

Pure nitrogen apparently varies in density much less over typical tyre temperature ranges, making it well-suited to inflating tyres when cold and then keeping them at the correct pressure throughout a race meeting, etc.

Nope, density of any gas is proportional to (absolute) temperature divided by pressure.

But there may be a reason...

• Pure nitrogen is a little less dense than air (which is roughly 80% nitrogen, 20% oxygen)

• Nitrogen doesn't oxidise things the way oxygen does.

• Maybe nitrogen molecules are smaller than oxygen molecules, so don't diffuse out so quickly.

Sorry, belongs on this thread...

http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/sh...ad.php?t=69355

Oops, I meant "Maybe nitrogen molecules are larger than oxygen molecules". Thanks, vifferman

[GaZBur]

OK - before I tell here are the excuses.
1. I was really really tired.
2. I hadn't ridden a bike for ages.
3. It was early in the morning
4. I didn't have the bike for long.
5. I was completely surrounded by loud revving motorcycles.

My problem - tried twice, not once but twice to start the bike. A guy next to me puts his helmet next to mine and yells so I can hear "The starter is on the other side - thats the horn"
Embarrased? Hell yes!

EDIT: Damn - it was silly questions - not silly things you have done.
I have shamed myself once again!!

[vifferman]

• Maybe nitrogen molecules are smaller than oxygen molecules, so don't diffuse out so quickly.

Eh... back to front, Dude. If they're smaller, they can leak out more easily.

[jrandom]

Nope, density of any gas is proportional to (absolute) temperature divided by pressure.

Yes, and therefore pressure is a function of density and temperature.

Which I have tried to address in as unclear and badly-educated a way as possible in the other thread...

[Mully]

Lady in bank this morning: "Do you ride a motorbike?"

....standing there in full bike gear, with helmet on counter.

Reminds me of:

Walking into the gym, in full gear, carrying my helmet.

Blonde behind the counter:"Do you ride a motorbike?"
Me: "No. I wear the helmet in the car and make 'broom broom' noises. It makes me feel like I'm in a race car"
Blonde: "Really"
Me: "..."

[ManDownUnder]

back to questions...

"Are you ok?" (I love that one - it applies to everything from a sore hand right through to limbs being ripped from their recent owners)

"Do you want to come for a ride?" (R6_kid asking one of the American girls at the end of the ATNR... it's worth noting he had a hole in his jeans over each knee and the blood was still fresh from dropping his bike on the ride...)

[ital916]

A dude at an AA station told asked me whether my RG150 was powerful enough to ride on the road and whether they came in electric start models, as well as what is a two stroke.....this was after he was telling me about his vfr400 and another 500cc bike he owns. I was very tempted to say, "why don't you let me hold on to your bikes for you eh"

[Edbear]

Reminds me of:

Walking into the gym, in full gear, carrying my helmet.

Blonde behind the counter:"Do you ride a motorbike?"
Me: "No. I wear the helmet in the car and make 'broom broom' noises. It makes me feel like I'm in a race car"
Blonde: "Really"
Me: "..."

[Swoop]

Get off bike and walk into shop, head to toe in riding gear... "Do you ride a motorbike?".
"No, I'm on my way to a fancy dress party".

[HornetBoy]

arrived at work first day ,first question was "hi, oh i see ya ride a bike ... The petrol prices are getting high arent they"

i think thats the most common question i get " Do you ride a bike to save money on petrol " :arg:

ever since i started rideing ive problay quadrupled my spending on petrol ,thats without factoring in oil, tyres,chains etc