Seating a Tire Quickly Using Fire and Science

In this video, a guy inflates a tire re-seats a tire bead in about a second using starter fluid and a match. It sure is impressive; so impressive, I feel like I’m being tricked. Am I? [Flickr via Kottke]


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    Ollie

    Wednesday, April 22, 2009 at 10:11 AM

    Dude, that’s a relatively old vid… and it’s kinda basic physics really.

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    ben

    Wednesday, April 22, 2009 at 10:55 AM

    nope, it’s an old trick

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    Davey Britt

    Wednesday, April 22, 2009 at 11:38 PM

    nope, thats the way they do it. i’ll never give it a go tho….

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