Comments on: Big Air!

By: Unknown

Unknown — Fri, 16 Dec 2005 14:02:28 +0000

I just assumed it was more baseball talk

By: BIg Mike In Oz

BIg Mike In Oz — Fri, 16 Dec 2005 13:32:37 +0000

It really adds a new dimension when you get someone commenting so completely off-topic that they seem to be speaking a different language. I got the same visitor in my comments and just out of curiosity I went for a trip to each link. Not a single word of english in any of them.

By: Tom Stormcrowe

Tom Stormcrowe — Fri, 16 Dec 2005 11:32:55 +0000

Fatty, I think you just got visited by a SPLOGGER! See below!

By: tayfuryagci

tayfuryagci — Fri, 16 Dec 2005 07:13:15 +0000

how many people (including me) suggested turning a bike intoa rocketship? umm like 20? man we don’t have anything in the name of imagination!tayfur

By: BIg Mike In Oz

BIg Mike In Oz — Fri, 16 Dec 2005 06:46:04 +0000

That just proves a point doesn’t it. I obviously suffer from "acute unthinking blurtitis". When there are already 37 comments in the field of play, a smart person would read them first to avoid a fundament duplication. But I feel it necessary to put both feet in my mouth at the same time. I’ve proven more than once that I can speak without thinking, and again today I have confirmed my affliction.

By: BIg Mike In Oz

BIg Mike In Oz — Fri, 16 Dec 2005 06:33:30 +0000

If you carry the Big Air! cannisters under your seat and you had a particularly spicy dinner the previous night, what resultant dangers are there from the mixing of propane and methane in the vortex behind your seat?I hope someone has developed some sort of after-burner nozzle to assist with particulary steep climbs. It would give a whole new meaning to the often heard term, "I’m fried".

By: Robert

Robert — Fri, 16 Dec 2005 04:24:01 +0000

You know how the pinwheel at the top of your helmet doesn’t turn all the time, even when there’s a strong wind? Well, I was trying to think of a way to use Big Air! to keep my propeller spinning, but all I managed to do was burn my helmet and freeze my hand. After some bone-jarringly honest reflection, I’ve concluded that the best — and only — use of Big Air! is to refill your flat tire. Forgive my forthrightness.

By: Unknown

Unknown — Thu, 15 Dec 2005 23:48:46 +0000

Okay, so I missed the ligther-than-air bit with the tires, but it was close, especially for someone who merely made the information up, and such a good idea, especially in conjunction with my being the first person to suggest using Big Air!!!!! as a rocket booster!!!!!

By: Unknown

Unknown — Thu, 15 Dec 2005 23:29:58 +0000

i tend to use the old hand pump method, as it seems to be the most consistent. i have a CO2 inflator, but it makes me a little nervous as i have seen many a tube blown off the rim. as for a new use:i’ll go one step further and NAME my use "the ghost rider" (a la marvel comics).for large volume (downhill) tires: overinflate tubes, and install quartz ignitors on fork near tire, and on rear triangle near tire. install push buttons for quartz ignitors on handlebar. at night, bring bike up to top of a hill. make small punctures in each tire, and begin downhill run. push button for ignitors, turning (hopefully) your wheels into 2 flaming circles as you cruise down. bonus points for crashing at the bottom as your tires completely deflate. EXTRA bonus points if this classy move is pulled during the midnight lap at a 24 hour event.

By: Unknown

Unknown — Thu, 15 Dec 2005 22:38:05 +0000

I think it is awesome to have that amout of propane at the ready for emergencies.Another use could be:After riding for 3 hours you know that you have that one last hill ahead (cardiac hill, alpha goat maker, etc) but you are feeling as though even a dozen Power Gels can’t revive you. Stop. Get out your Big Air! attach it under your seat, remount bike, pop a hole in the canister and ignite with the lighter that you ALWAYS carry. ZOOOOOOM! you are the Alpha goat for today!