• Hi everyone,

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E-bikes are so last week, new thing is... air bike...

Although the head line states O2 I believe they are just talking about compressed air. Which by the way would run about $5-10 a fill up. Maybe a bit less if you have a Dive card. Kinda like. Get 9 fills and the 10th one is free. These tanks also need to be hydrostatic test every 3 years to make sure they don't pop.:D
Still I'd like to see a review on one of the bikes.
 
Couldn´t you just use the (free) compressed air pump at a filling station?

There´s a French company developing a small car that runs on compressed air.
 
organ donor said:
Couldn´t you just use the (free) compressed air pump at a filling station?

There´s a French company developing a small car that runs on compressed air.
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Pump filling stations might go up as high as 200 PSI (I doubt it). These tanks require 3200 PSI+. They're filled sitting in a water filled tank using specialized equipment. Most dive shops won't even fill them unless you're a certified diver. You might be able to get them filled at a welding supply depot.
 
Click on the link for the "Sumo" version and they have a concept laid out for refilling (really just swapping tanks) at gas stations. Seems feasible.
Oh and around here, I can't even fill up my little o2 storage tank at gas stations, most of them won't output more than 50 or so psi...sucks.

Concept seems really ingenious though, assuming the tanks are bomb proof.
 
Even though most of use dislike it(mostly due to cost), there's a reason we use gasoline as our fuel in a big way today ... It works well in almost all cases ...

What we need is competition for gas ... $1 a gallon for gas cures many issues for many ...
 
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