Anyone fill their tires with Nitrogen?

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04-10-2007, 10:28 AM

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Originally Posted by Galen

I almost always fill my tires with a mixture of about 78% nitrogen and 21% oxygen. The other 1% is various other gases such as Ar, CO2, ect. This system has worked well for over 100 years...don't see any reason to change it now.

Galen

Yea but the nitrogen in the atmosphere is N2, I believe the nitrogen they are using is NO2, which is completely different. But if thats true then it shouldnt be called nitrogen, it should be called nitrogen dioxide.